From 5395640c2ffd1900bce5484e9d1e8c70dd2328f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dmitry Vyukov Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2020 20:36:12 +0200 Subject: docs: add a note re per-field directions --- docs/syscall_descriptions.md | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/syscall_descriptions.md b/docs/syscall_descriptions.md index a7faaf3c3..c3f00c5f4 100644 --- a/docs/syscall_descriptions.md +++ b/docs/syscall_descriptions.md @@ -169,7 +169,10 @@ close(r0) ``` 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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