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Re: Interface for the new fallocate() system call

To: Jakub Jelinek <jakub@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Interface for the new fallocate() system call
From: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 19:15:29 +1000
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Amit K. Arora" <aarora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-ext4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx, suparna@xxxxxxxxxx, cmm@xxxxxxxxxx
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Jakub Jelinek writes:

> Wouldn't
> int fallocate(loff_t offset, loff_t len, int fd, int mode)
> work on both s390 and ppc/arm?  glibc will certainly wrap it and
> reorder the arguments as needed, so there is no need to keep fd first.

That looks fine to me.

Paul.


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