From: "Gregory P. Smith" <gps-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
Cc: linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: PATCH: readahead(2) man page incorrectly states that it blocks
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 16:51:47 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8bf6f5a21001071651s6fa4bcf3q4eae23ba628fb609@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
Patch below.
This was reported on the mailing list several months ago by Corrado Zoccolo:
http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-man/msg00961.html
diff --git a/man2/readahead.2 b/man2/readahead.2
index 886b22a..a07bcbe 100644
--- a/man2/readahead.2
+++ b/man2/readahead.2
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@ equal to
.BR readahead ()
does not read beyond the end of the file.
.BR readahead ()
-blocks until the specified data has been read.
+is asynchronous and returns immediately.
+The next system call reading from the file descriptor
+will block until data is available.
The current file offset of the open file referred to by
.I fd
is left unchanged.
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