From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Gerd Hoffmann Subject: [PATCH v4 0/3] System call design: preadv & pwritev. Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:42:19 +0100 Message-ID: <1229600542-11585-1-git-send-email-kraxel@redhat.com> Return-path: Sender: linux-api-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-arch-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-api-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org Cc: aarcange-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, Gerd Hoffmann List-Id: linux-api@vger.kernel.org Hi folks, Guess I have your attention now thanks to LWN ;) Next round of the preadv & pwritev patch series, hopefully finally solving the architecture issues. I've decided to go with the suggestion from the s390 guys: split the 64bit offset into two explicitly coded 32bit halves. The syscall prototype should work now for all archs without (in-kernel) wrappers. glibc must wrap the syscalls though to hide that split from the applications. But there is no way around glibc wrappers anyway, so I think that is sensible decision. cheers, Gerd -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-api" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html