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From: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
To: mtk.manpages@gmail.com, me@benboeckel.net
Cc: torvalds@linux-foundation.org, dhowells@redhat.com,
	keyrings@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-man@vger.kernel.org, linux-api@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Modify the pipe(2) manpage for notification queues
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2020 15:30:38 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <159828303892.330133.569968242547202064.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <159828303137.330133.10953708050467314086.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk>

Modify the pipe(2) manual page to cover support for notification queues

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
---

 man2/pipe.2 |   10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/man2/pipe.2 b/man2/pipe.2
index 117f8950c..c50b38530 100644
--- a/man2/pipe.2
+++ b/man2/pipe.2
@@ -146,6 +146,13 @@ referred to by the new file descriptors.
 Using this flag saves extra calls to
 .BR fcntl (2)
 to achieve the same result.
+.TP
+.B O_NOTIFICATION_PIPE
+This enables use of the pipe as a notification transport (see
+.BR watch_queue (7)
+for more information).  When a pipe is in this mode, it may not be spliced as
+the insertion of notification messages into the pipe buffer can happen
+asynchronously and may cause splice to malfunction.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 On success, zero is returned.
 On error, \-1 is returned,
@@ -292,4 +299,5 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 .BR vmsplice (2),
 .BR write (2),
 .BR popen (3),
-.BR pipe (7)
+.BR pipe (7),
+.BR watch_queue (7)

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
To: mtk.manpages@gmail.com, me@benboeckel.net
Cc: torvalds@linux-foundation.org, dhowells@redhat.com,
	keyrings@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-man@vger.kernel.org, linux-api@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Modify the pipe(2) manpage for notification queues
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2020 16:30:38 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <159828303892.330133.569968242547202064.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <159828303137.330133.10953708050467314086.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk>

Modify the pipe(2) manual page to cover support for notification queues

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
---

 man2/pipe.2 |   10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/man2/pipe.2 b/man2/pipe.2
index 117f8950c..c50b38530 100644
--- a/man2/pipe.2
+++ b/man2/pipe.2
@@ -146,6 +146,13 @@ referred to by the new file descriptors.
 Using this flag saves extra calls to
 .BR fcntl (2)
 to achieve the same result.
+.TP
+.B O_NOTIFICATION_PIPE
+This enables use of the pipe as a notification transport (see
+.BR watch_queue (7)
+for more information).  When a pipe is in this mode, it may not be spliced as
+the insertion of notification messages into the pipe buffer can happen
+asynchronously and may cause splice to malfunction.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 On success, zero is returned.
 On error, \-1 is returned,
@@ -292,4 +299,5 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 .BR vmsplice (2),
 .BR write (2),
 .BR popen (3),
-.BR pipe (7)
+.BR pipe (7),
+.BR watch_queue (7)



  reply	other threads:[~2020-08-24 15:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-08-07 15:06 [PATCH 1/2] Add a manpage for watch_queue(7) David Howells
2020-08-07 15:06 ` David Howells
2020-08-07 15:06 ` [PATCH 2/2] Modify the pipe(2) manpage for notification queues David Howells
2020-08-07 15:06   ` David Howells
2020-08-07 16:05 ` [PATCH 1/2] Add a manpage for watch_queue(7) Ben Boeckel
2020-08-07 16:05   ` Ben Boeckel
2020-08-24 15:27 ` David Howells
2020-08-24 15:27   ` David Howells
2020-08-24 16:58   ` Ben Boeckel
2020-08-24 16:58     ` Ben Boeckel
2020-08-24 17:54   ` David Howells
2020-08-24 17:54     ` David Howells
2020-08-24 15:30 ` David Howells
2020-08-24 15:30   ` David Howells
2020-08-24 15:30   ` David Howells [this message]
2020-08-24 15:30     ` [PATCH 2/2] Modify the pipe(2) manpage for notification queues David Howells
2020-08-27 11:54   ` [PATCH 1/2] Add a manpage for watch_queue(7) Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-08-27 11:54     ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)

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