Re: [PATCH manpages] listmount.2: fix verbiage about continuing the iteration

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On Wed, 2024-11-13 at 16:59 +0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> Hi Jeff,
> 
> On Wed, Nov 13, 2024 at 09:49:02AM GMT, Jeff Layton wrote:
> > The "+1" is wrong, since the kernel already increments the last_id. Fix
> > the manpage verbiage.
> 
> If it's not too difficult, could you show a small example program that
> shows this?  Thanks!
> 
> Have a lovely day!
> Alex
> 

It's not too small, but I proposed this program as a sample for the
kernel:

    https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20241112-statmount-v1-1-d98090c4c8be@xxxxxxxxxx/

It has a bug though that Miklos pointed out, since I followed the
manpage. I'll be fixing that soon.

> > 
> > Cc: Josef Bacik <josef@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  man/man2/listmount.2 | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/man/man2/listmount.2 b/man/man2/listmount.2
> > index 717581b85e12dc172b7c478b4608665e9da74933..00ac6a60c0cfead5c462fcac44e61647d841ffe5 100644
> > --- a/man/man2/listmount.2
> > +++ b/man/man2/listmount.2
> > @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ is used to tell the kernel what mount ID to start the list from.
> >  This is useful if multiple calls to
> >  .BR listmount (2)
> >  are required.
> > -This can be set to the last mount ID returned + 1 in order to
> > +This can be set to the last mount ID returned in order to
> >  resume from a previous spot in the list.
> >  .SH RETURN VALUE
> >  On success, the number of entries filled into
> > 
> > ---
> > base-commit: df69651a5c1abb61bd0d7ba0791f65f427923f75
> > change-id: 20241113-main-192abec3348e
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > -- 
> > Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > 
> 

-- 
Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>





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