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authorDmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>2020-07-15 20:36:12 +0200
committerDmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>2020-07-16 12:29:42 +0200
commit5395640c2ffd1900bce5484e9d1e8c70dd2328f8 (patch)
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parentc4b454fc54ca0caad77d11c5ba27b09b5da9b034 (diff)
docs: add a note re per-field directions
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@@ -169,7 +169,10 @@ close(r0)
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Syscall arguments are always `in`, return values are `out` and pointer indirections
-have explicit direction as `ptr` type attribute.
+have explicit direction as `ptr` type attribute. Note: for pointer indirections
+the direction applies to the whole pointee, and it's not possible to specify the
+direction individually for struct fields at the moment
+(see [#245](https://github.com/google/syzkaller/issues/245)).
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