From: Alyssa Ross <hi@alyssa.is>
To: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>,
Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-man@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] man/man2/setns.2: clarify type of nsfs fd required
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2025 18:58:53 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251213175853.555517-1-hi@alyssa.is> (raw)
I was surprised to discover than an O_PATH file descriptor was
insufficient. Since the mode of nsfs files is always 0444, tell
callers to always a file descriptor opened for reading.
Signed-off-by: Alyssa Ross <hi@alyssa.is>
---
man/man2/setns.2 | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/man/man2/setns.2 b/man/man2/setns.2
index ea6a9c054..ed4937280 100644
--- a/man/man2/setns.2
+++ b/man/man2/setns.2
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ The
.I fd
argument is one of the following:
.IP \[bu] 3
-a file descriptor referring to one of the magic links in a
+a file descriptor opened for reading one of the magic links in a
.IR /proc/ pid /ns/
directory (or a bind mount to such a link);
.IP \[bu]
@@ -265,6 +265,12 @@ is set to indicate the error.
.I fd
is not a valid file descriptor.
.TP
+.B EBADF
+.I fd
+is an
+.B O_PATH
+file descriptor.
+.TP
.B EINVAL
.I fd
refers to a namespace whose type does not match that specified in
base-commit: 46950a0845de91c422efe6c639091ace42cb92f8
--
2.51.0
next reply other threads:[~2025-12-13 17:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-12-13 17:58 Alyssa Ross [this message]
2025-12-13 18:44 ` Alejandro Colomar
2025-12-13 18:59 ` Alyssa Ross
2025-12-13 19:37 ` Alejandro Colomar
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