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Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:54:15 +0100
From: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To: Roland McGrath <roland@...k.frob.com>
Cc: dhowells@...hat.com, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] Extended file stat system call
Roland McGrath <roland@...k.frob.com> wrote:
> I have no comment on the functionality. But "xstat" is probably a poor
> choice of name. There is precedent for that function name with different
> meaning in the userland APIs. (It's a moderately useless meaning inherited
> from SVR4, but regardless overloading a name previously used is unwise.)
I've no particular attachment to the name 'xstat'. If you'd prefer 'statx' I
could go for that.
David
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