Re: [RFC][PATCH] sys_fallocate() system call

Heiko Carstens
2007-03-17T14:32:52Z

On Sat, Mar 17, 2007 at 05:07:06AM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 17, 2007 at 08:59:05PM +1100, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> > ... but wouldn't work on 32-bit powerpc. :( We would end up with a
> > pad argument between fd and offset, giving 7 arguments in all
> > (counting the loff_t's as 2), but we only support 6.
>
> Ditto mips and parisc.

Can't be. Or: mips supports 7 arguments and parisc doesn't pad.
Otherwise they couldn't have wired up

sys_sync_file_range(int fd, loff_t offset, loff_t nbytes, unsigned int flags)

But from what I read, it's currently not possible for 32-bit powerpc to
wire up the already present sync_file_range system call.