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| author | Cheng Lingfei <chenglingfei@foxmail.com> | 2026-08-24 20:45:46 +0800 |
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| committer | Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> | 2026-08-24 06:55:59 -1000 |
| commit | 909a3f0e9d8b0d8001cf6e99808f88eca8e44328 (patch) | |
| tree | be05d18bd5619b55ff3b30f28a292907021768ee /Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-decoding.rst | |
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docs: cgroup-v2: fix misc.events key format descriptiongrafted
In misc cgroup, misc.events does not output a simple "max" key. Instead,
each registered misc resource outputs a separate key suffixed with ".max"
(i.e., "<res>.max").
Update the documentation to clarify that the entry key is "<res>.max".
Suggested-by: Michal Koutný <mkoutny@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Cheng Lingfei <chenglingfei@foxmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-decoding.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-decoding.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..380d6bb3e --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-decoding.rst @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +============================== +Decoding an IOCTL Magic Number +============================== + +To decode a hex IOCTL code: + +Most architectures use this generic format, but check +include/ARCH/ioctl.h for specifics, e.g. powerpc +uses 3 bits to encode read/write and 13 bits for size. + + ====== ================================== + bits meaning + ====== ================================== + 31-30 00 - no parameters: uses _IO macro + 10 - read: _IOR + 01 - write: _IOW + 11 - read/write: _IOWR + + 29-16 size of arguments + + 15-8 ascii character supposedly + unique to each driver + + 7-0 function # + ====== ================================== + + +So for example 0x82187201 is a read with arg length of 0x218, +character 'r' function 1. Grepping the source reveals this is:: + + #define VFAT_IOCTL_READDIR_BOTH _IOR('r', 1, struct dirent [2]) |
