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copy_file_range.2: Fix wrong kernel version information

Message ID 20221213120834.948163-1-amir73il@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
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Series copy_file_range.2: Fix wrong kernel version information | expand

Commit Message

Amir Goldstein Dec. 13, 2022, 12:08 p.m. UTC
commit d7ba612d0 ("copy_file_range.2: Update cross-filesystem support
for 5.12") prematurely documented kernel 5.12 as the version that
changes the cross-fs copy_file_range() behavior, but that behavior
change was only merged in kernel version 5.19.

Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
---
 man2/copy_file_range.2 | 17 +++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Comments

Alejandro Colomar Dec. 13, 2022, 11:18 p.m. UTC | #1
Hi Amir,

On 12/13/22 13:08, Amir Goldstein wrote:
> commit d7ba612d0 ("copy_file_range.2: Update cross-filesystem support
> for 5.12") prematurely documented kernel 5.12 as the version that
> changes the cross-fs copy_file_range() behavior, but that behavior
> change was only merged in kernel version 5.19.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>

Thanks!  Patch applied.

Cheers,

Alex

> ---
>   man2/copy_file_range.2 | 17 +++++++++++------
>   1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man2/copy_file_range.2 b/man2/copy_file_range.2
> index ac74d9a07..25146a1dd 100644
> --- a/man2/copy_file_range.2
> +++ b/man2/copy_file_range.2
> @@ -152,7 +152,8 @@ Out of memory.
>   .B ENOSPC
>   There is not enough space on the target filesystem to complete the copy.
>   .TP
> -.BR EOPNOTSUPP " (since Linux 5.12)"
> +.BR EOPNOTSUPP " (since Linux 5.19)"
> +.\" commit 868f9f2f8e004bfe0d3935b1976f625b2924893b
>   The filesystem does not support this operation.
>   .TP
>   .B EOVERFLOW
> @@ -171,11 +172,13 @@ or
>   refers to an active swap file.
>   .TP
>   .BR EXDEV " (before Linux 5.3)"
> +.\" commit 5dae222a5ff0c269730393018a5539cc970a4726
>   The files referred to by
>   .IR fd_in " and " fd_out
>   are not on the same filesystem.
>   .TP
> -.BR EXDEV " (since Linux 5.12)"
> +.BR EXDEV " (since Linux 5.19)"
> +.\" commit 868f9f2f8e004bfe0d3935b1976f625b2924893b
>   The files referred to by
>   .IR fd_in " and " fd_out
>   are not on the same filesystem,
> @@ -191,13 +194,15 @@ emulation when it is not available.
>   A major rework of the kernel implementation occurred in Linux 5.3.
>   Areas of the API that weren't clearly defined were clarified and the API bounds
>   are much more strictly checked than on earlier kernels.
> -Applications should target the behaviour and requirements of 5.3 kernels.
>   .PP
> -Since Linux 5.12,
> +Since Linux 5.19,
>   cross-filesystem copies can be achieved
>   when both filesystems are of the same type,
>   and that filesystem implements support for it.
> -See BUGS for behavior prior to Linux 5.12.
> +See BUGS for behavior prior to Linux 5.19.
> +.PP
> +Applications should target the behaviour and requirements of 5.19 kernels,
> +that was also backported to earlier stable kernels.
>   .SH STANDARDS
>   The
>   .BR copy_file_range ()
> @@ -223,7 +228,7 @@ such as the use of reflinks (i.e., two or more inodes that share
>   pointers to the same copy-on-write disk blocks)
>   or server-side-copy (in the case of NFS).
>   .SH BUGS
> -In Linux 5.3 to Linux 5.11,
> +In Linux 5.3 to Linux 5.18,
>   cross-filesystem copies were implemented by the kernel,
>   if the operation was not supported by individual filesystems.
>   However, on some virtual filesystems,
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diff --git a/man2/copy_file_range.2 b/man2/copy_file_range.2
index ac74d9a07..25146a1dd 100644
--- a/man2/copy_file_range.2
+++ b/man2/copy_file_range.2
@@ -152,7 +152,8 @@  Out of memory.
 .B ENOSPC
 There is not enough space on the target filesystem to complete the copy.
 .TP
-.BR EOPNOTSUPP " (since Linux 5.12)"
+.BR EOPNOTSUPP " (since Linux 5.19)"
+.\" commit 868f9f2f8e004bfe0d3935b1976f625b2924893b
 The filesystem does not support this operation.
 .TP
 .B EOVERFLOW
@@ -171,11 +172,13 @@  or
 refers to an active swap file.
 .TP
 .BR EXDEV " (before Linux 5.3)"
+.\" commit 5dae222a5ff0c269730393018a5539cc970a4726
 The files referred to by
 .IR fd_in " and " fd_out
 are not on the same filesystem.
 .TP
-.BR EXDEV " (since Linux 5.12)"
+.BR EXDEV " (since Linux 5.19)"
+.\" commit 868f9f2f8e004bfe0d3935b1976f625b2924893b
 The files referred to by
 .IR fd_in " and " fd_out
 are not on the same filesystem,
@@ -191,13 +194,15 @@  emulation when it is not available.
 A major rework of the kernel implementation occurred in Linux 5.3.
 Areas of the API that weren't clearly defined were clarified and the API bounds
 are much more strictly checked than on earlier kernels.
-Applications should target the behaviour and requirements of 5.3 kernels.
 .PP
-Since Linux 5.12,
+Since Linux 5.19,
 cross-filesystem copies can be achieved
 when both filesystems are of the same type,
 and that filesystem implements support for it.
-See BUGS for behavior prior to Linux 5.12.
+See BUGS for behavior prior to Linux 5.19.
+.PP
+Applications should target the behaviour and requirements of 5.19 kernels,
+that was also backported to earlier stable kernels.
 .SH STANDARDS
 The
 .BR copy_file_range ()
@@ -223,7 +228,7 @@  such as the use of reflinks (i.e., two or more inodes that share
 pointers to the same copy-on-write disk blocks)
 or server-side-copy (in the case of NFS).
 .SH BUGS
-In Linux 5.3 to Linux 5.11,
+In Linux 5.3 to Linux 5.18,
 cross-filesystem copies were implemented by the kernel,
 if the operation was not supported by individual filesystems.
 However, on some virtual filesystems,