linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] io_submit.2: Document RWF

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Date:   Tue, 24 Oct 2023 12:51:47 +0100
From:   John Garry <john.g.garry@...cle.com>
To:     "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
        martin.petersen@...cle.com, david@...morbit.com,
        himanshu.madhani@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] io_submit.2: Document RWF_ATOMIC

On 09/10/2023 18:45, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 09:37:17AM +0000, John Garry wrote:
>> 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
> Nit: Double 'See' here.

A bit more than a nit, it's something that needs fixing :)

Thanks,
John