Jens Axboe <[email protected]> writes: > Allows the application to remove/replace/add files to/from a file set. > Passes in a struct: > > struct io_uring_files_update { > __u32 offset; > __s32 *fds; > }; > > that holds an array of fds, size of array passed in through the usual > nr_args part of the io_uring_register() system call. The logic is as > follows: > > 1) If ->fds[i] is -1, the existing file at i + ->offset is removed from > the set. > 2) If ->fds[i] is a valid fd, the existing file at i + ->offset is > replaced with ->fds[i]. > > For case #2, is the existing file is currently empty (fd == -1), the > new fd is simply added to the array.
If I'm reading this (and the code) right, that means you can't add files to a set. Wouldn't that be a useful thing to do, instead of just replacing existing ones? Can you post the man page update along with this? Thanks, Jeff
