Re: [RFC] Additional pad in struct stat(64)

2000-09-26 Thread Ralf Baechle
On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 09:37:30PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > I'd like to have st_flags added to struct stat64, so adding the actual > feature in Linux 2.5 (if it has a chance to get in - that's why I'm > interested in a comment by Linus on this) will not need a new version > of struct

Re: [RFC] Additional pad in struct stat(64)

2000-09-26 Thread Ulrich Drepper
Christoph Hellwig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'd like to have st_flags added to struct stat64, so adding the actual > feature in Linux 2.5 (if it has a chance to get in - that's why I'm > interested in a comment by Linus on this) will not need a new version > of struct stat (and a new libc

Re: [RFC] Additional pad in struct stat(64)

2000-09-26 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 12:15:49PM -0700, Ulrich Drepper wrote: > Christoph Hellwig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hehe, that's why I'd like to introduce some additional pad with my > > patch ;) > > There is no reason to introduce now unnecessarily incompatibilities. > If you want to look

Re: [RFC] Additional pad in struct stat(64)

2000-09-26 Thread Ulrich Drepper
Christoph Hellwig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hehe, that's why I'd like to introduce some additional pad with my > patch ;) There is no reason to introduce now unnecessarily incompatibilities. If you want to look forward and add more padding do this when there is another change necessary.

Re: [RFC] Additional pad in struct stat(64)

2000-09-26 Thread Ulrich Drepper
Christoph Hellwig [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hehe, that's why I'd like to introduce some additional pad with my patch ;) There is no reason to introduce now unnecessarily incompatibilities. If you want to look forward and add more padding do this when there is another change necessary.

Re: [RFC] Additional pad in struct stat(64)

2000-09-26 Thread Ulrich Drepper
Christoph Hellwig [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'd like to have st_flags added to struct stat64, so adding the actual feature in Linux 2.5 (if it has a chance to get in - that's why I'm interested in a comment by Linus on this) will not need a new version of struct stat (and a new libc to use

Re: [RFC] Additional pad in struct stat(64)

2000-09-26 Thread Ralf Baechle
On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 09:37:30PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote: I'd like to have st_flags added to struct stat64, so adding the actual feature in Linux 2.5 (if it has a chance to get in - that's why I'm interested in a comment by Linus on this) will not need a new version of struct stat