From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 22 May 2001 11:55:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 22 May 2001 11:55:24 -0400 Received: from zikova.cvut.cz ([147.32.235.100]:38151 "EHLO zikova.cvut.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 22 May 2001 11:55:15 -0400 From: "Petr Vandrovec" Organization: CC CTU Prague To: Jan Harkes Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 17:52:53 MET-1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: [RFD w/info-PATCH] device arguments from lookup, partio CC: viro@math.psu.edu, rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca, matthew@wil.cx, clausen@gnu.org, bcrl@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@transmeta.com X-mailer: Pegasus Mail v3.40 Message-ID: <3A5DF9F50CC@vcnet.vc.cvut.cz> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org [trimmed cc list down a bit - my MUA does not allow for so long CC:] On 22 May 01 at 9:33, Jan Harkes wrote: > > something like, > > ssize_t kioctl(int fd, int type, int cmd, void *inbuf, size_t inlen, > void *outbuf, size_t outlen); If we are inventing new API, then if we could have ssize_t kioctl(int fd, int type, int cmd, const struct iovec* riov, size_t riov_len, const struct iovec* wiov, size_t wiov_len); then I'm almost sure that it will save couple of passing pointer to pointer in structure headaches - for sure it will in code I maintain (ncpfs). Best regards, Petr Vandrovec vandrove@vc.cvut.cz