From: "Günther Noack" <gnoack3000@gmail.com>
To: "Alejandro Colomar" <alx@kernel.org>, "Mickaël Salaün" <mic@digikod.net>
Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org, "Günther Noack" <gnoack3000@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] man/man7/landlock.7: Document whiteout object peculiarities
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 18:03:41 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260828160340.11238-2-gnoack3000@gmail.com> (raw)
Bring documentation for LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_MAKE_REG in line with the
Landlock whiteout patch [1].
Link: [1] <https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260813093157.1436894-3-gnoack@google.com/>
Link: [2] <https://github.com/landlock-lsm/linux/issues/66>
---
man/man7/landlock.7 | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/man/man7/landlock.7 b/man/man7/landlock.7
index 880dd50582f3..3642a64ff1f6 100644
--- a/man/man7/landlock.7
+++ b/man/man7/landlock.7
@@ -204,6 +204,9 @@ Create (or rename) a directory.
.TP
.B LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_MAKE_REG
Create (or rename or link) a regular file.
+.IP
+This also guards the creation of whiteout objects
+as used in OverlayFS.
.TP
.B LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_MAKE_SOCK
Create (or rename or link) a UNIX domain socket.
--
2.55.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-08-28 16:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-28 16:03 Günther Noack [this message]
2026-08-28 16:11 ` [PATCH] man/man7/landlock.7: Document whiteout object peculiarities Günther Noack
2026-08-28 19:44 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-09-26 14:10 ` Günther Noack
2026-10-11 17:09 ` Alejandro Colomar
2026-10-11 19:44 ` Günther Noack
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