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| author | Konstantin Belousov <kib@FreeBSD.org> | 2026-02-27 00:03:59 +0000 |
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| committer | Konstantin Belousov <kib@FreeBSD.org> | 2026-03-05 23:46:53 +0000 |
| commit | 5f911eaba017645487a1eaee3609b26a77f0f174 (patch) | |
| tree | e6f9257e733b5cea30edab3e194df7e98be761d5 | |
| parent | 8feb8d221cfb842ee11d744d22571baec6c18cd8 (diff) | |
libsys/rename.2: remove commented-out CAVEAT section
FreeBSD UFS does not support hardlinks to directories.
Reviewed by: markj
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
MFC after: 1 week
Differential revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D55539
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libsys/rename.2 | 26 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libsys/rename.2 b/lib/libsys/rename.2 index 4faba81ff509..1806321245ec 100644 --- a/lib/libsys/rename.2 +++ b/lib/libsys/rename.2 @@ -112,32 +112,6 @@ or .Fa tofd parameter, the current working directory is used in the determination of the file for the respective path parameter. -.\".Sh CAVEAT -.\"The system can deadlock if a loop in the file system graph is present. -.\"This loop takes the form of an entry in directory -.\".Pa a , -.\"say -.\".Pa a/foo , -.\"being a hard link to directory -.\".Pa b , -.\"and an entry in -.\"directory -.\".Pa b , -.\"say -.\".Pa b/bar , -.\"being a hard link -.\"to directory -.\".Pa a . -.\"When such a loop exists and two separate processes attempt to -.\"perform -.\".Ql rename a/foo b/bar -.\"and -.\".Ql rename b/bar a/foo , -.\"respectively, -.\"the system may deadlock attempting to lock -.\"both directories for modification. -.\"Hard links to directories should be -.\"replaced by symbolic links by the system administrator. .Sh RETURN VALUES .Rv -std rename .Sh ERRORS |