[PATCH 1/2] xfsprogs: replace deprecated ustat call with statfs in libxfs/linux.c
Christoph Hellwig
hch at infradead.org
Fri Mar 2 01:45:58 CST 2012
On Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 04:11:24PM -0500, Kamal Dasu wrote:
> >From the ustat man page
>
> NOTES
> ustat() is deprecated and has only been provided for compatibility.
> All new programs should use statfs(2) instead.
xfsprogs isn't new :)
More seriously - ustat provides the benefit to check if the block device
is mounted anywhere, which we make use of here. A statfs of the block
device path doesn't provide that functionality at all.
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