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loop.4: srcfix: semantic line breaks 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2020-01-21 21:02:37 +01:00
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@ -155,17 +155,22 @@ This operation takes no argument.
.TP
.BR LOOP_SET_DIRECT_IO " (since Linux 4.10)"
.\" commit ab1cb278bc7027663adbfb0b81404f8398437e11
Set DIRECT IO mode on the loop device. So it can be used to open backing
file. The (third)
Set DIRECT IO mode on the loop device.
So it can be used to open backing file.
The (third)
.BR ioctl(2)
argument is an unsigned long value. non-zero represents direct IO mode.
argument is an unsigned long value.
non-zero represents direct IO mode.
.TP
.BR LOOP_SET_BLOCK_SIZE " (since Linux 4.14)"
.\" commit 89e4fdecb51cf5535867026274bc97de9480ade5
Set the block size of the loop device. The (third)
Set the block size of the loop device.
The (third)
.BR ioctl(2)
argument is an unsigned long value. This value must be 2 to the power of N
and in range [512,pagesize]. Otherwise, it will get EINVAL error.
argument is an unsigned long value.
This value must be 2 to the power of N
and in range [512,pagesize].
Otherwise, it will get EINVAL error.
.PP
Since Linux 2.6, there are two new
.BR ioctl (2)