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Re: [PATCH 0/6] Extended file stat system call
- From: Roland McGrath <roland at hack dot frob dot com>
- To: David Howells <dhowells at redhat dot com>
- Cc: linux-fsdevel at vger dot kernel dot org, linux-nfs at vger dot kernel dot org, linux-cifs at vger dot kernel dot org, samba-technical at lists dot samba dot org, linux-ext4 at vger dot kernel dot org, wine-devel at winehq dot org, kfm-devel at kde dot org, nautilus-list at gnome dot org, linux-api at vger dot kernel dot org, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:32:38 -0700 (PDT)
- Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] Extended file stat system call
- References: <20120419140558.17272.74360.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk>
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