Module Name:    src
Committed By:   gdt
Date:           Fri Oct 20 12:45:17 UTC 2023

Modified Files:
        src/usr.sbin/vnconfig: vnconfig.8

Log Message:
vnconfig: Add caution to man page about cache bypassing behavior


To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.46 -r1.47 src/usr.sbin/vnconfig/vnconfig.8

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Modified files:

Index: src/usr.sbin/vnconfig/vnconfig.8
diff -u src/usr.sbin/vnconfig/vnconfig.8:1.46 src/usr.sbin/vnconfig/vnconfig.8:1.47
--- src/usr.sbin/vnconfig/vnconfig.8:1.46	Sat Jan  9 23:54:26 2021
+++ src/usr.sbin/vnconfig/vnconfig.8	Fri Oct 20 12:45:17 2023
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: vnconfig.8,v 1.46 2021/01/09 23:54:26 wiz Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: vnconfig.8,v 1.47 2023/10/20 12:45:17 gdt Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1997 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -100,6 +100,12 @@ The
 is a special file of raw partition or name of vnode disk like
 .Pa vnd0 .
 .Pp
+By default, accesses to the file bypass normal mechanisms.  This
+behavior results in not updating the modification timestamp of the
+file.  Also, file contents read through the filesystem may not be the
+correct values of ciphertext, which can lead to corrupted backups of
+the backing file.
+.Pp
 Options indicate an action to be performed:
 .Bl -tag -width indent
 .It Fl c

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