linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 2/7] fallocate() implementation in i386, x86

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Message-Id: <20070711121034.a3b925b9.sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Date:	Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:10:34 +1000
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	"Amit K. Arora" <aarora@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, xfs@....sgi.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] fallocate() implementation in i386, x86_64 and
 powerpc

On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:50:00 +0530 "Amit K. Arora" <aarora@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> --- linux-2.6.22.orig/arch/x86_64/ia32/sys_ia32.c
> +++ linux-2.6.22/arch/x86_64/ia32/sys_ia32.c
> @@ -879,3 +879,11 @@ asmlinkage long sys32_fadvise64(int fd, 
>  	return sys_fadvise64_64(fd, ((u64)offset_hi << 32) | offset_lo,
>  				len, advice);
>  }
> +
> +asmlinkage long sys32_fallocate(int fd, int mode, unsigned offset_lo,
> +				unsigned offset_hi, unsigned len_lo,
> +				unsigned len_hi)

Please call this compat_sys_fallocate in line with the powerpc version -
it gives us a hint that maybe we should think about how to consolidate
them.  I know other stuff in that file is called sys32_ ... but it is time
for a change :-)

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

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