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Re: [PATCH 0/6] Extended file stat system call
- From: David Howells <dhowells at redhat dot com>
- To: Roland McGrath <roland at hack dot frob dot com>
- Cc: dhowells at redhat dot com, linux-fsdevel at vger dot kernel dot org, linux-nfs at vger dot kernel dot org, linux-cifs at vger dot kernel dot org, samba-technical at lists dot samba dot org, linux-ext4 at vger dot kernel dot org, wine-devel at winehq dot org, kfm-devel at kde dot org, nautilus-list at gnome dot org, linux-api at vger dot kernel dot org, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:54:15 +0100
- Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] Extended file stat system call
- References: <20120419163238.61D382C0DF@topped-with-meat.com> <20120419140558.17272.74360.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk>
Roland McGrath <roland@hack.frob.com> wrote:
> I have no comment on the functionality. But "xstat" is probably a poor
> choice of name. There is precedent for that function name with different
> meaning in the userland APIs. (It's a moderately useless meaning inherited
> from SVR4, but regardless overloading a name previously used is unwise.)
I've no particular attachment to the name 'xstat'. If you'd prefer 'statx' I
could go for that.
David