copy_file_range.2: Clarify that only regular files work

PR#273962 reported that copy_file_range(2) did not work
on shared memory objects and returned EINVAL.
Although the reporter felt this was incorrect, it is what
the Linux copy_file_range(2) syscall does.

Since there was no collective agreement that the FreeBSD
semantics should be changed to no longer be Linux compatible,
copy_file_range(2) still works on regular files only.

This man page update clarifies that. If, someday, copy_file_range(2)
is changed to support non-regular files, then the man page will
need to be updated to reflect that.

PR:	273962
Reviewed by:	karels, pauamma_gundo.com (manpages)
MFC after:	1 week
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D43227
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Rick Macklem 2023-12-29 14:59:00 -08:00
parent 0600b57540
commit 84b4342c0d

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@ -23,13 +23,13 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.Dd January 2, 2021
.Dd December 28, 2023
.Dt COPY_FILE_RANGE 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm copy_file_range
.Nd kernel copy of a byte range from one file to another
or within one file
.Nd kernel copy of a byte range from one regular file to another
or within one regular file
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libc
.Sh SYNOPSIS
@ -178,9 +178,17 @@ are reset to the initial values for the system call.
.Fa infd
and
.Fa outfd
refer to the same file and the byte ranges overlap or
refer to the same file and the byte ranges overlap.
.It Bq Er EINVAL
The
.Fa flags
is not zero.
argument is not zero.
.It Bq Er EINVAL
Either
.Fa infd
or
.Fa outfd
refers to a file object that is not a regular file.
.It Bq Er EIO
An I/O error occurred while reading/writing the files.
.It Bq Er EINTEGRITY