Re: [PATCH 1/2] readv2: Note preadv2(..., RWF_NOWAIT) bug in BUGS section
From: Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) <hidden>
Date: 2021-06-28 22:30:42
On 6/28/21 10:40 PM, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
From: Will Manley <redacted> To save the next person before they fall foul of it. See <https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/fea8b16d-5a69-40f9-b123-e84dcd6e8f2e@www.fastmail.com/T/#u (local)> and <https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/issues/3803> for more information. Signed-off-by: Will Manley <redacted> Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <redacted>
Resend with correct linux-man@.
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--- man2/readv.2 | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)diff --git a/man2/readv.2 b/man2/readv.2 index df42cf830..3355fa9d7 100644 --- a/man2/readv.2 +++ b/man2/readv.2@@ -243,7 +243,9 @@ If some data was successfully read, it will return the number of bytes read. If no bytes were read, it will return \-1 and set .IR errno to -.BR EAGAIN . +.BR EAGAIN +(but see +.BR BUGS ")." Currently, this flag is meaningful only for .BR preadv2 (). .TP@@ -425,6 +427,13 @@ iov[1].iov_len = strlen(str1); nwritten = writev(STDOUT_FILENO, iov, 2); .EE .in +.SH BUGS +Linux v5.9 and v5.10 have a bug where +.BR preadv2() +with the +.BR RWF_NOWAIT +flag may return 0 even when not at end of file. See +https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/fea8b16d-5a69-40f9-b123-e84dcd6e8f2e@www.fastmail.com/T/#u .SH SEE ALSO .BR pread (2), .BR read (2),
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