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From: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: sys getdents64 needs compat wrapper ?
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To: Arun Sharma <arun.sharma@intel.com>
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On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 14:13:02 -0700
Arun Sharma <arun.sharma@intel.com> wrote:

> This updated patch takes care of the __user problems that Dave pointed
> out. Regarding __put_user vs __copy_to_user, __put_user is more
> optimal on ia64 like Andrew already noted. I realize it's not optimal
> on all platforms. So I suggest that we apply the patch for now and try
> to build something that's optimal for all platforms in the future.

I agree.