Myklebust, Trond <[email protected]> wrote: > You are still not explaining why they need to know the values at all? If > the values are bogus, then don't return them, and don't set the flag > that says they are being returned.
What if the xstat() and struct xstat eventually becomes what userspace uses as stat() (as a wrapper) and struct stat (if such a thing is possible with glibc versioning)? Do older programs that think they're using stat() and don't know about the extra fields available expect to see a useful value in st_ino? David -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-api" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
