This reverts commit 1c2be25f60.
kib@ pointed out that it is perfectly fine to write at arbitrary regular
file offsets. For example, in a 4K block size character device, geom
doesn't support writing / reading 515 byte blocks. The description is
perhaps not applicable to all EINVALs returned.
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
Add a BUGS section about using pwrite(2) when O_APPEND is set on the fd.
MFC after: 3 days
Submitted by: Ka Ho Ng <khng300@gmail.com>
Reviewed by: gbe, yuripv
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D28372
EINTEGRITY was previously documented as a UFS-specific error for
mount(2). This documents EINTEGRITY as a filesystem-independent error
that may be reported by the backing store of a filesystem.
While here, document EIO as a filesystem-independent error for both
mount(2) and posix_fadvise(2). EIO was previously only documented for
UFS for mount(2).
Reviewed by: mckusick
Suggested by: mckusick
MFC after: 2 weeks
Sponsored by: Chelsio Communications
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D24168
In FreeBSD 11 and later debug.iosize_max_clamp defaults to 0, and the
maximum nbytes count for write(2) is SSIZE_MAX. Update the man page to
document this, and mention the sysctl that can be set to obtain the
previous behaviour.
PR: 196666
MFC after: 1 week
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
Renumber cluase 4 to 3, per what everybody else did when BSD granted
them permission to remove clause 3. My insistance on keeping the same
numbering for legal reasons is too pedantic, so give up on that point.
Submitted by: Jan Schaumann <jschauma@stevens.edu>
Pull Request: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd/pull/96
and writev() except that they take an additional offset argument and do
not change the current file position. In SAT speak:
preadv:readv::pread:read and pwritev:writev::pwrite:write.
- Try to reduce code duplication some by merging most of the old
kern_foov() and dofilefoo() functions into new dofilefoo() functions
that are called by kern_foov() and kern_pfoov(). The non-v functions
now all generate a simple uio on the stack from the passed in arguments
and then call kern_foov(). For example, read() now just builds a uio and
calls kern_readv() and pwrite() just builds a uio and calls kern_pwritev().
PR: kern/80362
Submitted by: Marc Olzheim marcolz at stack dot nl (1)
Approved by: re (scottl)
MFC after: 1 week
Stop calling system calls "function calls".
Use "The .Fn system call" a-la "The .Nm utility".
When referring to a non-BSD implementation in
the HISTORY section, call syscall a function,
to be safe.
Text is a compromise based on messages from Wes Peters, Ville-Pertti
Keinonen, and Matt Dillon.
PR: docs/10512
Submitted by: Howard Goldstein <hgoldst@mpcs.com>
track.
The $Id$ line is normally at the bottom of the main comment block in the
man page, separated from the rest of the manpage by an empty comment,
like so;
.\" $Id$
.\"
If the immediately preceding comment is a @(#) format ID marker than the
the $Id$ will line up underneath it with no intervening blank lines.
Otherwise, an additional blank line is inserted.
Approved by: bde
in a bunch of man pages.
Use the correct .Bx (BSD UNIX) or .At (AT&T UNIX) macros
instead of explicitly specifying the version in the text
in a bunch of man pages.