linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] uapi: get rid of STATX

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Date:   Thu, 18 Oct 2018 16:16:46 +0100
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...hat.com>
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
        Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>,
        Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>,
        Florian Weimer <fw@...eb.enyo.de>,
        Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] uapi: get rid of STATX_ALL

Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...hat.com> wrote:

> Constants of the *_ALL type can be actively harmful due to the fact that
> developers will usually fail to consider the possible effects of future
> changes to the definition.
> 
> Remove STATX_ALL from the uapi, while no damage has been done yet.

You don't know that someone's not using it.  It's been there a year and a
half, long enough.  So, regretfully, I don't think we can remove it at this
point.

David