Re: Interface for the new fallocate() system call

Heiko Carstens
2007-03-30T12:55:58Z

On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 12:44:49PM +0200, Jörn Engel wrote:
> On Fri, 30 March 2007 19:15:58 +1000, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> > It does mean extra unnecessary work for 64-bit platforms, though...
>
> Wouldn't that work be confined to fallocate()? If I understand Heiko
> correctly, the alternative would slow s390 down for every syscall,
> including more performance-critical ones.

That is correct.