* [PATCH] ioctl_ficlonerange.2: mention a subtlety with length == 0
@ 2016-07-14 18:11 Darrick J. Wong
2016-07-16 10:26 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Darrick J. Wong @ 2016-07-14 18:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages); +Cc: linux-fsdevel, linux-api, linux-man
I forgot to document that passing length == 0 to clonerange actually
makes it clone all the way to EOF, so do that now.
Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com>
---
man2/ioctl_ficlonerange.2 | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/man2/ioctl_ficlonerange.2 b/man2/ioctl_ficlonerange.2
index d1da3e6..c4715d0 100644
--- a/man2/ioctl_ficlonerange.2
+++ b/man2/ioctl_ficlonerange.2
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ into the file
at offset
.IR dest_offset ",
provided that both are files.
+If
+.IR src_length
+is zero, the ioctl reflinks to the end of the source file.
This information is conveyed in a structure of
the following form:
.in +4n
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* Re: [PATCH] ioctl_ficlonerange.2: mention a subtlety with length == 0
2016-07-14 18:11 [PATCH] ioctl_ficlonerange.2: mention a subtlety with length == 0 Darrick J. Wong
@ 2016-07-16 10:26 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
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From: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) @ 2016-07-16 10:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Darrick J. Wong; +Cc: mtk.manpages, linux-fsdevel, linux-api, linux-man
On 07/14/2016 08:11 PM, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> I forgot to document that passing length == 0 to clonerange actually
> makes it clone all the way to EOF, so do that now.
Thanks, Darrick. Applied.
Cheers,
Michael
> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com>
> ---
> man2/ioctl_ficlonerange.2 | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/man2/ioctl_ficlonerange.2 b/man2/ioctl_ficlonerange.2
> index d1da3e6..c4715d0 100644
> --- a/man2/ioctl_ficlonerange.2
> +++ b/man2/ioctl_ficlonerange.2
> @@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ into the file
> at offset
> .IR dest_offset ",
> provided that both are files.
> +If
> +.IR src_length
> +is zero, the ioctl reflinks to the end of the source file.
> This information is conveyed in a structure of
> the following form:
> .in +4n
>
--
Michael Kerrisk
Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/
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