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Date:      Sat, 28 Mar 2026 09:09:45 +0000
From:      Konstantin Belousov <kib@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   git: 6cc99baea607 - main - dup(2): document the handling of filedescriptor flags
Message-ID:  <69c79ad9.2508e.336a7876@gitrepo.freebsd.org>

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The branch main has been updated by kib:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=6cc99baea607255859ee958608e4db6e2ff24793

commit 6cc99baea607255859ee958608e4db6e2ff24793
Author:     Konstantin Belousov <kib@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2026-03-28 08:51:42 +0000
Commit:     Konstantin Belousov <kib@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2026-03-28 09:09:09 +0000

    dup(2): document the handling of filedescriptor flags
    
    Reviewed by:    markj
    Sponsored by:   The FreeBSD Foundation
    MFC after:      3 days
    Differential revision:  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D56121
---
 lib/libc/gen/dup3.3 | 2 ++
 lib/libsys/dup.2    | 5 ++++-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/dup3.3 b/lib/libc/gen/dup3.3
index 338a9ae74c64..ec89ef77cf17 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/dup3.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/dup3.3
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ The close-on-fork flag on the new file descriptor is determined by the
 bit in
 .Fa flags .
 .Pp
+The resolve-beneath flag on the new file descriptor is preserved.
+.Pp
 If
 .Fa oldd
 \*(Ne
diff --git a/lib/libsys/dup.2 b/lib/libsys/dup.2
index 524fd7688670..9c1e3e8d648b 100644
--- a/lib/libsys/dup.2
+++ b/lib/libsys/dup.2
@@ -81,7 +81,10 @@ object reference to the file must be obtained by issuing an
 additional
 .Xr open 2
 system call.
-The close-on-exec flag on the new file descriptor is unset.
+The close-on-exec and close-on-fork flags on the new file descriptor
+are unset.
+The resolve-beneath flag on the new file descriptor is set to the same
+state as on the old file descriptor.
 .Pp
 In
 .Fn dup2 ,


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