netdev - Re: [PATCH 02/17] y2038: Remove newstat family from default syscall set

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdVThd7nV=EsSSZ1puC6b8V85pWHDSGvJpLaeeafo-vRaw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 25 Apr 2018 20:36:15 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     y2038 Mailman List <y2038@...ts.linaro.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux API <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux-Arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        libc-alpha <libc-alpha@...rceware.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Deepa Dinamani <deepa.kernel@...il.com>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        "Albert ARIBAUD (3ADEV)" <albert.aribaud@...ev.fr>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
        "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/17] y2038: Remove newstat family from default syscall set

On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 6:02 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> We have four generations of stat() syscalls:
> - the oldstat syscalls that are only used on the older architectures
> - the newstat family that is used on all 64-bit architectures but
>   lacked support for large files on 32-bit architectures.
> - the stat64 family that is used mostly on 32-bit architectures to
>   replace newstat
> - statx() to replace all of the above, adding 64-bit timestamps among
>   other things.
>
> We already compile stat64 only on those architectures that need it,
> but newstat is always built, including on those that don't reference
> it. This adds a new __ARCH_WANT_NEW_STAT symbol along the lines of
> __ARCH_WANT_OLD_STAT and __ARCH_WANT_STAT64 to control compilation of
> newstat. All architectures that need it use an explict define, the
> others now get a little bit smaller, and future architecture (including
> 64-bit targets) won't ever see it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

For m68k:
Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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