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From: "Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org>
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Subject: Re: {sys_,/dev/}epoll waiting timeout
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On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, Jamie Lokier wrote:

| ps.  sys_* system-call functions should never return "int".  They
| should always return "long" or a pointer - even if the user-space
| equivalent returns "int".  Take a look at sys_open() for an example.
| Technical requirement of the system call return path on 64-bit targets.

Is this a blanket truism?  For all architectures?

Should current (older/all) syscalls be modified, or should only new ones
(like epoll) be corrected?

Thanks,
-- 
~Randy

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