linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 0/6] Extended file stat system call

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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,
	linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-cifs@...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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