From 5e43063bdd4389d0c9163187ff1d6a277d3721a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2016 16:52:08 +1200 Subject: [PATCH] readv.2: Clarify that RWF_DSYNC and RWF_SYNC apply only to data being written Reported-by: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man2/readv.2 | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/man2/readv.2 b/man2/readv.2 index 3c987847e..2f04ba780 100644 --- a/man2/readv.2 +++ b/man2/readv.2 @@ -212,7 +212,8 @@ Provide a per-write equivalent of the .BR open (2) flag. This flag is meaningful only for -.BR pwritev2 (). +.BR pwritev2 (), +and its effect applies only to the data range written by the system call. .\" commit e864f39569f4092c2b2bc72c773b6e486c7e3bd9 .TP .BR RWF_HIPRI " (since Linux 4.6)" @@ -229,7 +230,8 @@ Provide a per-write equivalent of the .BR open (2) flag. This flag is meaningful only for -.BR pwritev2 (). +.BR pwritev2 (), +and its effect applies only to the data range written by the system call. .\" commit e864f39569f4092c2b2bc72c773b6e486c7e3bd9 .SH RETURN VALUE On success,