Re: git: 1c2be25f6080 - main - Add extra EINVAL information about wrong block size to read(2)/write(2)
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Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2022 00:48:03 UTC
On Fri, Oct 07, 2022 at 11:39:04AM +0000, Benedict Reuschling wrote: > The branch main has been updated by bcr (doc committer): > > URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=1c2be25f6080ee63baeae55e45761e1310d1b756 > > commit 1c2be25f6080ee63baeae55e45761e1310d1b756 > Author: Benedict Reuschling <bcr@FreeBSD.org> > AuthorDate: 2022-10-07 11:32:37 +0000 > Commit: Benedict Reuschling <bcr@FreeBSD.org> > CommitDate: 2022-10-07 11:32:37 +0000 > > Add extra EINVAL information about wrong block size to read(2)/write(2) > > The read system call will return EINVAL if the current file offset is > not a multiple of the block size. This also applies to write(2). Add an > entry for EINVAL about this error to both man pages. > > PR: 91149 > Event: Aberdeen Hackathon 2022 > Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D24617 > --- > lib/libc/sys/read.2 | 4 +++- > lib/libc/sys/write.2 | 4 +++- > 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/read.2 b/lib/libc/sys/read.2 > index 8b58debd3fbb..28d085562af3 100644 > --- a/lib/libc/sys/read.2 > +++ b/lib/libc/sys/read.2 > @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ > .\" @(#)read.2 8.4 (Berkeley) 2/26/94 > .\" $FreeBSD$ > .\" > -.Dd June 4, 2020 > +.Dd October 7, 2022 > .Dt READ 2 > .Os > .Sh NAME > @@ -250,6 +250,8 @@ The sum of the > values in the > .Fa iov > array overflowed a 32-bit integer. > +.It Bq Er EINVAL > +The current file offset is not a multiple of the block size. > .It Bq Er EFAULT > Part of the > .Fa iov > diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/write.2 b/lib/libc/sys/write.2 > index 937e95b53a14..048338ed4dee 100644 > --- a/lib/libc/sys/write.2 > +++ b/lib/libc/sys/write.2 > @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ > .\" @(#)write.2 8.5 (Berkeley) 4/2/94 > .\" $FreeBSD$ > .\" > -.Dd February 11, 2021 > +.Dd October 7, 2022 > .Dt WRITE 2 > .Os > .Sh NAME > @@ -205,6 +205,8 @@ is greater than > if the sysctl > .Va debug.iosize_max_clamp > is non-zero). > +.It Bq Er EINVAL > +The current file offset is not a multiple of the block size. This is bogus. It does not. You can perfectly write at arbitrary regular file offset. > .It Bq Er EINTEGRITY > The backing store for > .Fa fd