linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] Extended file stat functions [ver #2]

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Date:	Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:23:43 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>,
	viro@...IV.linux.org.uk, smfrench@...il.com, jlayton@...hat.com,
	mcao@...ibm.com, aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, samba-technical@...ts.samba.org,
	sjayaraman@...e.de, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Extended file stat functions [ver #2]

Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org> wrote:

> The cost of adding a syscall is much smaller than adding all the wanking
> in your system call.

Simply, if inelegantly put.

David
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