Re: Interface for the new fallocate() system call

To:	Jörn Engel <joern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject:	Re: Interface for the new fallocate() system call
From:	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:55:38 +0200
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On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 12:44:49PM +0200, Jörn Engel wrote:
> On Fri, 30 March 2007 19:15:58 +1000, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> > It does mean extra unnecessary work for 64-bit platforms, though...
> 
> Wouldn't that work be confined to fallocate()?  If I understand Heiko
> correctly, the alternative would slow s390 down for every syscall,
> including more performance-critical ones.

That is correct.

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