linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86: syscalls: sys_setrlimit64/sys_getrlimit64 calls to provide FSIZE limits

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Message-ID: <497E595F.2010708@gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:46:23 +0100
From:	Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...glemail.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
CC:	narendramind@...kesource.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...l.org,
	linux-abi@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86: syscalls: sys_setrlimit64/sys_getrlimit64 calls
 to provide FSIZE  limits > 2^32-1

Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Friday 23 January 2009, narendramind@...kesource.com wrote:
>>   The solution to this problem would require new setrlimit64() and 
>>   getrlimit64() system calls on x86, and the existing 32-bit system calls 
>>   would need to be retained so that existing binaries would still run.
> 
> When adding new syscalls, please Cc: linux-abi@...r.kernel.org and

Arnd -- I think you meant linux-api, not linux-abi.

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