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Re: Linux Extended-stat system call
- From: Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>
- To: David Howells <dhowells at redhat dot com>
- Cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2016 17:03:43 +0200
- Subject: Re: Linux Extended-stat system call
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On 06/22/2016 04:08 PM, David Howells wrote:
One thing I would like to do is make it so that stat() can use it with minimal
effort.
Why is this an important goal?
Existing architectures will keep using the old system call for the
legacy stat interfaces. New architectures can use the new system call,
but will probably have a different definition of struct stat (which
might well be guided by our experience with the extended stat interface).
Thanks,
Florian