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From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] Fiemap, an extent mapping ioctl - round 2
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:42:22 +0200
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jim owens <jowens@hp.com> writes:
>
> (Well OK, it is 1 less system call being made)

In Linux it's normally safe to assume that system calls are reasonable
fast and you don't need to go out to extreme measures to minimize 
them.

-Andi