Hi, IMHO "first" and "last" is something that should be avoided in documentation because the meaning may change in future releases. I guess you want to say: lo_number and reserved ? re, wh ________________________________________ Von: linux-man-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [linux-man-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] im Auftrag von Yang Xu [xuyang2018.jy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 6. August 2020 11:48 An: linux-man@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Yang Xu Betreff: [PATCH v2 2/3] loop.4: add some details about lo_flag Signed-off-by: Yang Xu <xuyang2018.jy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- man4/loop.4 | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/man4/loop.4 b/man4/loop.4 index 1f8a31ac7..41abe0122 100644 --- a/man4/loop.4 +++ b/man4/loop.4 @@ -136,6 +136,9 @@ Allow automatic partition scanning. Use direct io mode to access backing file. .RE .TP +.I The LOOP_SET_STATUS can not set the first and last flag because +they are both set from kernel. +.TP .B LOOP_GET_STATUS Get the status of the loop device. The (third) -- 2.23.0