linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Generic compat_sys

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0709291109320.10965@anakin>
Date:	Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:11:24 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Kyle McMartin <kyle@...artin.ca>
Cc:	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Generic compat_sys_fallocate

On Fri, 28 Sep 2007, Kyle McMartin wrote:
> --- a/fs/compat.c
> +++ b/fs/compat.c
> @@ -2226,3 +2226,13 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_timerfd(int ufd, int clockid, int flags,
>  }
>  
>  #endif /* CONFIG_TIMERFD */
> +
> +asmlinkage long compat_sys_fallocate(int fd, int mode,
> +				     u32 offset_lo, u32 offset_hi,
> +				     u32 len_lo, u32 len_hi)
> +{
> +	u64 offset = compat_merge64(offset_lo, offset_hi);
> +	u64 len = compat_merge64(len_lo, len_hi);
> +
> +	return sys_fallocate(fd, mode, offset, len);
> +}

To avoid confusion, you may want to rename the *_{lo,hi} parameters to
e.g. *_{l,r}, as they don't actually mean the low and high part anymore.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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