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fcntl.2: document F_UNLCK F_OFD_GETLK extension

Message ID 20230622165225.2772076-4-stsp2@yandex.ru (mailing list archive)
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Series fcntl.2: document F_UNLCK F_OFD_GETLK extension | expand

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stsp June 22, 2023, 4:52 p.m. UTC
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 <stsp2@yandex.ru>

CC: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
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 man2/fcntl.2 | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
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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,
 .\" commit 57b65325fe34ec4c917bc4e555144b4a94d9e1f7