linux-ext4 - Re: [RFC][PATCH] sys_fallocate() system call

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Date:	Sun, 18 Mar 2007 01:38:38 +1100
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
Cc:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>, Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	"Amit K. Arora" <aarora@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, xfs@....sgi.com,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, suparna@...ibm.com,
	cmm@...ibm.com, alex@...sterfs.com, suzuki@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] sys_fallocate() system call

On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 15:30:43 +0100 Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com> wrote:
>
> 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.

32bit native is fine (as the ABI in user mode is the same as that in the
kernel).  For 32bit on a 64bit kernel you need the arch specific comapt
routine that I used in the patch I posteda little while ago,

--
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/

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