From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Ameer Armaly" Subject: oldstat and friends Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2006 21:38:20 -0400 Message-ID: <000701c6b9c2$2a21a5c0$0400a8c0@ameer> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from imf18aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.66]:65259 "EHLO imf18aec.mail.bellsouth.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750874AbWHGBiE (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Aug 2006 21:38:04 -0400 Received: from ibm61aec.bellsouth.net ([74.226.198.183]) by imf18aec.mail.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20060807013803.LKFP17566.imf18aec.mail.bellsouth.net@ibm61aec.bellsouth.net> for ; Sun, 6 Aug 2006 21:38:03 -0400 Received: from ameer ([74.226.198.183]) by ibm61aec.bellsouth.net with SMTP id <20060807013802.LIQT11609.ibm61aec.bellsouth.net@ameer> for ; Sun, 6 Aug 2006 21:38:02 -0400 To: Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org Hi all. I was reading in to some of the fs code, and I've found out that oldstat and friends have been deprecated since linux 2.0. Is there any reason why these calls should not be removed outright or are there cases where they are still needed? Ameer --- Life is either tragedy or comedy. Usually it's your choice. You can whine or you can laugh. --Animorphs