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From: Dorjoy Chowdhury <dorjoychy111@gmail.com>
To: linux-man@vger.kernel.org
Cc: alx@kernel.org, brauner@kernel.org, jlayton@kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/2] man/man2/openat2.2: Document OPENAT2_REGULAR flag
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2026 17:14:26 +0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260426111707.36541-3-dorjoychy111@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260426111707.36541-1-dorjoychy111@gmail.com>

Signed-off-by: Dorjoy Chowdhury <dorjoychy111@gmail.com>
---
 man/man2/openat2.2 | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/man/man2/openat2.2 b/man/man2/openat2.2
index f0770f3a0..ea3d9ac7b 100644
--- a/man/man2/openat2.2
+++ b/man/man2/openat2.2
@@ -133,6 +133,20 @@ argument,
 .BR openat2 ()
 returns an error if unknown or conflicting flags are specified in
 .IR how.flags .
+.IP
+.BR openat2 ()
+also supports the below additional flags:
+.RS
+.TP
+.BR OPENAT2_REGULAR " (since Linux 7.2)"
+Only open the file specified by
+.I path
+if it is a regular file.
+If it is not a regular file,
+.BR openat2 ()
+fails with the error
+.BR EFTYPE .
+.RE
 .TP
 .I mode
 This field specifies the
@@ -471,6 +485,12 @@ and an escape from the root during path resolution was detected.
 contains
 .BR RESOLVE_NO_XDEV ,
 and a path component crosses a mount point.
+.TP
+.B EFTYPE
+.I how.flags
+contains
+.B OPENAT2_REGULAR
+flag and the path is not a regular file.
 .SH STANDARDS
 Linux.
 .SH HISTORY
-- 
2.53.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-04-26 11:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-04-26 11:14 [PATCH v2 0/2] Document EFTYPE error code and OPENAT2_REGULAR flag Dorjoy Chowdhury
2026-04-26 11:14 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] man/man3/errno.3: Document EFTYPE error code Dorjoy Chowdhury
2026-04-26 12:59   ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-04-27 10:34     ` Florian Weimer
2026-04-27 13:13       ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-04-27 13:29         ` Florian Weimer
2026-04-27 13:33           ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-04-26 11:14 ` Dorjoy Chowdhury [this message]
2026-04-26 13:03   ` [PATCH v2 2/2] man/man2/openat2.2: Document OPENAT2_REGULAR flag Alejandro Colomar
2026-04-26 17:39     ` Dorjoy Chowdhury
2026-04-26 19:15       ` Alejandro Colomar

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