Re: Interface for the new fallocate() system call

[Jörn Engel <joern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 30 March 2007 19:15:58 +1000, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> Heiko Carstens writes:
> 
> > If possible I'd prefer the six-32-bit-args approach.
> 
> 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.

Jörn

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