Hello Yang Xu, On Tue, 8 Sep 2020 at 11:55, Yang Xu <xuyang2018.jy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi Walter > > > > ok, i understand now (i hope). > > > > maybe this version is more clear: > > > > The LOOP_SET_STATUS can neither set the > > .B lo_flags > > LO_FLAGS_READ_ONLY nor the LO_FLAGS_DIRECT_IO > > because they are exclusively set from kernel. > Sorry for the late reply. > I think it is better. > Thanks. > Let's wait for Michael's review. I think it is probably better as Walter suggests. Could you redraft the patch please? Thanks, Michael -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/