From: Nikolaus Rath <Nikolaus@rath.org>
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2016 04:51:43 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Clarify that readdir() *may* report . and .. entries.
X-Git-Tag: fuse-3.0.0rc1~84
X-Git-Url: http://git.maquefel.me/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c3b9431fc5092266c17b63afab151273e1df0243;p=qemu-gpiodev%2Flibfuse.git

Clarify that readdir() *may* report . and .. entries.
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diff --git a/include/fuse_lowlevel.h b/include/fuse_lowlevel.h
index f2d9caa..f40f9fa 100644
--- a/include/fuse_lowlevel.h
+++ b/include/fuse_lowlevel.h
@@ -605,6 +605,9 @@ struct fuse_lowlevel_ops {
 	 * Returning a directory entry from readdir() does not affect
 	 * its lookup count.
 	 *
+	 * The function does not have to report the '.' and '..'
+	 * entries, but is allowed to do so.
+	 *
 	 * Valid replies:
 	 *   fuse_reply_buf
 	 *   fuse_reply_data