[PATCH 2/6] libxfs/linux.c: Replace use of ustat by stat

Felix Janda felix.janda at posteo.de
Tue Jan 12 15:33:22 CST 2016


Dave Chinner wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 08:59:45PM +0100, Felix Janda wrote:
> > ustat has been used to check whether a device file is mounted.
> > The function is deprecated and not supported by uclibc and musl.
> > Now do the check using the *mntent functions.
> 
> Which will cause problems with builds on other platforms.

This is the linux specific code...

>  Why not
> just use statfs() instead?

Since it does not have the functionality which ustat is used for.

Felix



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