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From: Fam Zheng <famz-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v3 0/7] epoll: Introduce new syscalls, epoll_ctl_batch and epoll_pwait1
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2015 09:02:24 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150216010224.GA32421@ad.nay.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150215150011.0340686c-T1hC0tSOHrs@public.gmane.org>

On Sun, 02/15 15:00, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Feb 2015 17:03:56 +0800
> Fam Zheng <famz-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 
> > SYNOPSIS
> > 
> >        #include <sys/epoll.h>
> > 
> >        int epoll_pwait1(int epfd, int flags,
> >                         struct epoll_event *events,
> >                         int maxevents,
> >                         struct epoll_wait_params *params);
> 
> Quick, possibly dumb question: might it make sense to also pass in 
> sizeof(struct epoll_wait_params)?  That way, when somebody wants to add
> another parameter in the future, the kernel can tell which version is in
> use and they won't have to do an epoll_pwait2()?
> 

Flags can be used for that, if the change is not radically different.

Fam

  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-02-16  1:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-02-13  9:03 [PATCH RFC v3 0/7] epoll: Introduce new syscalls, epoll_ctl_batch and epoll_pwait1 Fam Zheng
2015-02-13  9:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 2/7] epoll: Specify clockid explicitly Fam Zheng
2015-02-13  9:03 ` [PATCH RFC v3 3/7] epoll: Extract ep_ctl_do Fam Zheng
     [not found] ` <1423818243-15410-1-git-send-email-famz-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2015-02-13  9:03   ` [PATCH RFC v3 1/7] epoll: Extract epoll_wait_do and epoll_pwait_do Fam Zheng
2015-02-13  9:04   ` [PATCH RFC v3 4/7] epoll: Add implementation for epoll_ctl_batch Fam Zheng
2015-02-13  9:04 ` [PATCH RFC v3 5/7] x86: Hook up epoll_ctl_batch syscall Fam Zheng
2015-02-13  9:04 ` [PATCH RFC v3 6/7] epoll: Add implementation for epoll_pwait1 Fam Zheng
2015-02-13  9:04 ` [PATCH RFC v3 7/7] x86: Hook up epoll_pwait1 syscall Fam Zheng
2015-02-13  9:53 ` [PATCH RFC v3 0/7] epoll: Introduce new syscalls, epoll_ctl_batch and epoll_pwait1 Omar Sandoval
2015-02-15 15:16   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2015-02-15 22:00 ` Jonathan Corbet
     [not found]   ` <20150215150011.0340686c-T1hC0tSOHrs@public.gmane.org>
2015-02-16  1:02     ` Fam Zheng [this message]
2015-02-16  7:25       ` Seymour, Shane M
     [not found]         ` <DDB9C85B850785449757F9914A034FCB3BF41130-4I1V4pQFGigSZAcGdq5asR6epYMZPwEe5NbjCUgZEJk@public.gmane.org>
2015-02-16  8:12           ` Fam Zheng
2015-02-18 18:49       ` Ingo Molnar
2015-02-25  3:30         ` Fam Zheng

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