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[87.106.108.193]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id ffacd0b85a97d-4887a349731sm14812337f8f.12.2026.09.26.07.10.45 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Sat, 26 Sep 2026 07:10:45 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2026 16:10:44 +0200 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?G=FCnther?= Noack To: Alejandro Colomar Cc: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Micka=EBl_Sala=FCn?= , linux-man@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] man/man7/landlock.7: Document whiteout object peculiarities Message-ID: <20260926.919c130a1a6b@gnoack.org> References: <20260828160340.11238-2-gnoack3000@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: Hello Alejandro, On Fri, Aug 28, 2026 at 09:44:18PM +0200, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > > Date: 2026-08-28 18:03:41+0200 > > From: Günther Noack > > > > 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. > > Reviewed-by: Alejandro Colomar > > > I guess this should not be applied yet, right? If it's ready, please > let me know. The whiteout patch has been backported as bugfix to Linux 7.2, 6.18, 6.12, 6.6 and 6.1. Since it is in stable, I think this can be considered ready for the purpose of putting it into man pages? (Otherwise, we can also wait for the 7.3 release.) –Günther