linux-kernel - Re: 64-bit rlimits

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Message-ID: <20080728202526.GO9378@mit.edu>
Date:	Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:25:26 -0400
From:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
To:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
Cc:	Narendra Prasad Madanapalli <narendramind@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 64-bit rlimits

On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 07:30:29PM +0400, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> Having in-kernel 32-bit AND 64-bit rlimits is plain wrong, sorry.

For backwards compatibility reasons, if we want to support 64-bit
rlimits on an 32-bit x86 architectures, it is inevitable.  It is the
only correct way to do things.

	      	     	 		      - Ted
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