linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] generic syscalls: Wire up statx syscall

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Message-ID: <CAK8P3a3YPsa_FXvqAmt2rQqRPc+Rby6n_+5MoMR2EV85jQHyjQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 16 Mar 2017 10:48:11 +0100
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com>
Cc:     Stafford Horne <shorne@...il.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        ARM Kernel List <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        linux-arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] generic syscalls: Wire up statx syscall

On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 11:26 PM, James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com> wrote:
> On 13 March 2017 at 14:45, Stafford Horne <shorne@...il.com> wrote:

>>  #undef __NR_syscalls
>> -#define __NR_syscalls 291
>> +#define __NR_syscalls 292
>
> Out of interest, anybody know OTOH which other stat syscalls statx
> supersedes (such that they could at some point be disabled by default
> in asm-generic for new arches, and implemented in userspace)?

It should replace the entire stat family {old,new,}{f,}stat{at,}{64,}, but not
the {f,}statfs{64,} family, which will eventually get another replacement.

      Arnd