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From:   Bernhard Walle <walle@corscience.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] MIPS: N32: Fix getdents64 syscall for n32
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Am 20.09.2010 01:51, schrieb Ralf Baechle:
> On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 10:15:34AM +0200, Bernhard Walle wrote:
>
>> Commit 31c984a5acabea5d8c7224dc226453022be46f33 introduced a new syscall
>> getdents64. However, in the syscall table, the new syscall still refers
>> to the old getdents which doesn't work.
>>
>> The problem appeared with a system that uses the eglibc 2.12-r11187
>> (that utilizes that new syscall) is very confused. The fix has been
>> tested with that eglibc version.
>
> Thanks Bernhard!

Wouldn't it make sense to put that fix also in the stable tree (2.6.35.6)?


Regards,
Bernhard