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Sun, 26 Apr 2026 04:17:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from toolbx ([103.103.35.11]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 98e67ed59e1d1-3614186adddsm30035080a91.2.2026.04.26.04.17.24 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Sun, 26 Apr 2026 04:17:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Dorjoy Chowdhury 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 Message-ID: <20260426111707.36541-3-dorjoychy111@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.53.0 In-Reply-To: <20260426111707.36541-1-dorjoychy111@gmail.com> References: <20260426111707.36541-1-dorjoychy111@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Signed-off-by: Dorjoy Chowdhury --- 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