[PATCH] readv.2, io_submit.2: Document RWF_APPEND added in Linux 4.16

[JÃrg Billeter]

Signed-off-by: JÃrg Billeter <j@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 man2/io_submit.2 | 10 ++++++++++
 man2/readv.2     | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/man2/io_submit.2 b/man2/io_submit.2
index 397fd0b75..79fcdfee4 100644
--- a/man2/io_submit.2
+++ b/man2/io_submit.2
@@ -111,6 +111,16 @@ field of the
 .I io_event
 structure (see
 .BR io_getevents (2)).
+.TP
+.BR RWF_APPEND " (since Linux 4.16)"
+.\" commit e1fc742e14e01d84d9693c4aca4ab23da65811fb
+Append data to the end of the file.
+See the description of the flag of the same name in
+.BR pwritev2 (2)
+as well as the description of
+.B O_APPEND
+in
+.BR open (2).
 .RE
 .TP
 .I aio_lio_opcode
diff --git a/man2/readv.2 b/man2/readv.2
index b3b7b9658..668fba576 100644
--- a/man2/readv.2
+++ b/man2/readv.2
@@ -248,6 +248,16 @@ to
 .BR EAGAIN .
 Currently, this flag is meaningful only for
 .BR preadv2 ().
+.TP
+.BR RWF_APPEND " (since Linux 4.16)"
+.\" commit e1fc742e14e01d84d9693c4aca4ab23da65811fb
+Provide a per-write equivalent of the
+.B O_APPEND
+.BR open (2)
+flag.
+This flag is meaningful only for
+.BR pwritev2 (),
+and its effect applies only to the data range written by the system call.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 On success,
 .BR readv (),
-- 
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