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authorAdhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>2017-07-10 15:53:32 -0300
committerAdhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>2017-07-11 11:06:44 -0300
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posix: Add p{read,write}v2 RWF_NOWAIT flag (BZ#21738)
Linux 4.12 (b745fafaf70c0a98a2e1e7ac8cb14542889ceb0e) adds a new
p{read,write}v2 flag RWF_NOWAIT.  This patch adds it for linux
uio-ext.h header.

Checked on x86_64-linux-gnu (on a 4.10 kernel).

	[BZ #21738]
	* manual/llio.texi (RWF_NOWAIT): New item.
	* misc/tst-preadvwritev2-common.c (do_test_with_invalid_flags):
	Add RWF_NOWAIT check.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/uio-ext.h (RWF_NOWAIT): New flag.
Diffstat (limited to 'manual')
-rw-r--r--manual/llio.texi4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/manual/llio.texi b/manual/llio.texi
index ba1f455dfd..e72c53c785 100644
--- a/manual/llio.texi
+++ b/manual/llio.texi
@@ -770,6 +770,10 @@ Per-IO synchronization as if the file was opened with @code{O_DSYNC} flag.
 
 @item RWF_SYNC
 Per-IO synchronization as if the file was opened with @code{O_SYNC} flag.
+
+@item RWF_NOWAIT
+Use nonblocking mode for this operation; that is, this call to @code{preadv2}
+will fail and set @code{errno} to @code{EAGAIN} if the operation would block.
 @end vtable
 
 When the source file is compiled with @code{_FILE_OFFSET_BITS == 64} the