[PATCH v2 2/3] Linux: Add the sched_setattr and sched_getattr functions
Adhemerval Zanella Netto
adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org
Fri Sep 6 20:28:16 GMT 2024
On 06/09/24 17:22, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
> On 9/6/24 2:52 PM, Adhemerval Zanella Netto wrote:
>> If you check the include/uapi/linux/stat.h history, kernel has been carving
>> out the extra fields from the '__spare' field and once it runs out it would
>> require a different syscall.
>
> Would it be able to use the reserved bit for that size increase?
>
I think it would be possible, it waste a bit just for size increase
and bits are a finite. It would also be kinda clunky, since current
approach is to tie the input with the size, not making it implicit
with a flag.
More information about the Libc-alpha
mailing list