man: fixup description of fixed files I/O

The man page suggests that IOSQE_FIXED_FILE must be specified for all
sqes when the io_uring instance has files registered.  This is not
the case, so clear that up.

Also fix a typo (few->new) while we're in there.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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Jeff Moyer
2019-01-25 17:38:51 -05:00
committed by Jens Axboe
parent 2a8e5b105c
commit 9688b4a00f
2 changed files with 12 additions and 13 deletions

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@@ -146,13 +146,13 @@ The
.I flags
field is a bit mask. Currently, the only supported flag is
.B IOSQE_FIXED_FILE.
This flag must be specified for io_uring instances that registered
files using the
.BR io_uring_register(2)
system call. When specified,
When this flag is specified,
.I fd
contains an index into the files array registered with the io_uring
instance.
is an index into the files array registered with the io_uring instance (see the
.B IORING_REGISTER_FILES
section of the
.BR io_uring_register(2)
man page).
.I ioprio
specifies the I/O priority. See