linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] e4defrag: fix build when posix

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Date:	Wed, 1 Jan 2014 12:22:05 -0500
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Baruch Siach <baruch@...s.co.il>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] e4defrag: fix build when posix_fadvise is missing

On Wed, Jan 01, 2014 at 12:28:23PM +0200, Baruch Siach wrote:
> uClibc declares posix_fadvise() even when the architecture does not provide
> one. The static posix_fadvise() signature is not compatible with POSIX. Rename
> the internal implementation to fix this.

If the architecture doesn't provide posix_fadvise(), does that imply
that __NR_fadvise64_64 also doesn't exist?

Or do you mean that for some reason, uClibc is not providing
posix_fadvise on all architectures, even though the kernel supports it?

That seems wierd.

	      	     		    	 	- Ted
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