| To: | Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx> |
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| Subject: | Re: [RFC][PATCH] sys_fallocate() system call |
| From: | Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Sat, 17 Mar 2007 20:59:05 +1100 |
| Cc: | "Amit K. Arora" <aarora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-ext4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, suparna@xxxxxxxxxx, cmm@xxxxxxxxxx, alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, suzuki@xxxxxxxxxx |
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| Sender: | xfs-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx |
Heiko Carstens writes: > So you either rearrange the parameters or convert the loff_t's to pointers. > > e.g. > > asmlinkage long sys_fallocate(int fd, loff_t offset, loff_t len, int mode) > > would work even on s390 ;) ... but wouldn't work on 32-bit powerpc. :( We would end up with a pad argument between fd and offset, giving 7 arguments in all (counting the loff_t's as 2), but we only support 6. Paul. |
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