Re: [PATCH 0/6] Extended file stat system call

From: Roland McGrath <roland hack frob com>
To: David Howells <dhowells redhat com>
Cc: linux-cifs vger kernel org, linux-nfs vger kernel org, nautilus-list gnome org, libc-alpha sourceware org, kfm-devel kde org, wine-devel winehq org, samba-technical lists samba org, linux-api vger kernel org, linux-fsdevel vger kernel org, linux-ext4 vger kernel org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] Extended file stat system call
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:32:38 -0700 (PDT)

I have no comment on the functionality.  But "xstat" is probably a poor
choice of name.  There is precedent for that function name with different
meaning in the userland APIs.  (It's a moderately useless meaning inherited
from SVR4, but regardless overloading a name previously used is unwise.)


Thanks,
Roland

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- [PATCH 0/6] Extended file stat system call
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