Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] man/man2/openat2.2: Document OPENAT2_REGULAR flag

[Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>]

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Hi Dorjoy,

On 2026-04-26T17:14:26+0600, Dorjoy Chowdhury wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Dorjoy Chowdhury <dorjoychy111@gmail.com>

	Reviewed-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>

Thanks!  Please ping when it's in Linus's tree, so that I'll merge.


Cheers,
Alex

> ---
>  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
> 

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