2023-06-22 16:58:51

by stsp

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Subject: [PATCH] fcntl.2: document F_UNLCK F_OFD_GETLK extension

F_UNLCK has the special meaning when used as a lock type on input.
It returns the information about any lock found in the specified
region on that particular file descriptor. Locks on other file
descriptors are ignored by F_UNLCK.

Signed-off-by: Stas Sergeev <[email protected]>

CC: Jeff Layton <[email protected]>
CC: Chuck Lever <[email protected]>
CC: Alexander Viro <[email protected]>
CC: Christian Brauner <[email protected]>
CC: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
CC: Shuah Khan <[email protected]>
CC: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]

---
man2/fcntl.2 | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/man2/fcntl.2 b/man2/fcntl.2
index 7b5604e3a..e3e3e7b8c 100644
--- a/man2/fcntl.2
+++ b/man2/fcntl.2
@@ -604,6 +604,13 @@ then details about one of these locks are returned via
.IR lock ,
as described above for
.BR F_GETLK .
+.B F_UNLCK
+has the special meaning when put into
+.I l_type
+as an input. It returns the information about any lock in the specified
+range on that particular file descriptor. The locks on other file
+descriptors are ignored by
+.BR F_UNLCK .
.PP
In the current implementation,
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2.39.2