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[87.106.108.193]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5b1f17b1804b1-49b926874fdsm70145155e9.4.2026.08.28.09.03.57 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 28 Aug 2026 09:03:57 -0700 (PDT) From: =?UTF-8?q?G=C3=BCnther=20Noack?= To: Alejandro Colomar , =?UTF-8?q?Micka=C3=ABl=20Sala=C3=BCn?= Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org, =?UTF-8?q?G=C3=BCnther=20Noack?= Subject: [PATCH] man/man7/landlock.7: Document whiteout object peculiarities Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 18:03:41 +0200 Message-ID: <20260828160340.11238-2-gnoack3000@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.55.0 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Bring documentation for LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_MAKE_REG in line with the Landlock whiteout patch [1]. Link: [1] Link: [2] --- 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