git: 4c58eef12d30 - main - stat.2: enhance the description of st_blocks
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Date: Sun, 02 Aug 2026 22:17:50 UTC
The branch main has been updated by kib:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=4c58eef12d30ec699c86d9ab8939253adbf35e79
commit 4c58eef12d30ec699c86d9ab8939253adbf35e79
Author: Konstantin Belousov <kib@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2026-08-02 14:57:37 +0000
Commit: Konstantin Belousov <kib@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2026-08-02 22:17:28 +0000
stat.2: enhance the description of st_blocks
Reviewed by: emaste, mckusick
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
MFC after: 3 days
Differential revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D58592
---
lib/libsys/stat.2 | 12 +++++++++++-
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/lib/libsys/stat.2 b/lib/libsys/stat.2
index b31975ee068f..c16af32a340d 100644
--- a/lib/libsys/stat.2
+++ b/lib/libsys/stat.2
@@ -263,9 +263,19 @@ File size in bytes.
.It Va st_blksize
Optimal I/O block size for the file.
.It Va st_blocks
-Actual number of blocks allocated for the file in 512-byte units.
+Actual number of blocks allocated for the file.
+.Pp
+For files located on non-synthetic filesystems, the block size is 512 bytes.
As short symbolic links are stored in the inode, this number may
be zero.
+.Pp
+For file descriptors referencing specific non-file objects,
+the field is type-specific.
+For POSIX shared memory segments
+.Pq see Xr shm_open 2 ,
+the block size is equal to
+the platform page size
+.Pq Xr getpagesize 2 .
.El
.Pp
The access-related fields of