lists.openwall.net   lists  /  announce  owl-users  owl-dev  john-users  john-dev  passwdqc-users  yescrypt  popa3d-users  /  oss-security  kernel-hardening  musl  sabotage  tlsify  passwords  /  crypt-dev  xvendor  /  Bugtraq  Full-Disclosure  linux-kernel  linux-netdev  linux-ext4  linux-hardening  linux-cve-announce  PHC 
Open Source and information security mailing list archives
 
Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.
[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]
Message-Id: <20230929093717.2972367-5-john.g.garry@oracle.com>
Date:   Fri, 29 Sep 2023 09:37:17 +0000
From:   John Garry <john.g.garry@...cle.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     martin.petersen@...cle.com, djwong@...nel.org, david@...morbit.com,
        himanshu.madhani@...cle.com, John Garry <john.g.garry@...cle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] io_submit.2: Document RWF_ATOMIC

Document RWF_ATOMIC for asynchronous I/O.

Signed-off-by: John Garry <john.g.garry@...cle.com>
---
 man2/io_submit.2 | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/man2/io_submit.2 b/man2/io_submit.2
index 1030bb6cd965..beba8865ac2a 100644
--- a/man2/io_submit.2
+++ b/man2/io_submit.2
@@ -140,6 +140,11 @@ as well the description of
 .B O_SYNC
 in
 .BR open (2).
+.TP
+.BR RWF_ATOMIC " (since Linux 6.7)"
+Write a block of data such that a write will never be
+torn from power fail or similar. See See the description
+of the flag of the same name in pwritev2(2).
 .RE
 .TP
 .I aio_lio_opcode
-- 
2.31.1

Powered by blists - more mailing lists

Powered by Openwall GNU/*/Linux Powered by OpenVZ