Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264883AbUFLSJa (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Jun 2004 14:09:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264891AbUFLSJZ (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Jun 2004 14:09:25 -0400 Received: from pimout2-ext.prodigy.net ([207.115.63.101]:30907 "EHLO pimout2-ext.prodigy.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264883AbUFLSJV (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Jun 2004 14:09:21 -0400 Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 11:09:18 -0700 From: Chris Wedgwood To: Bernd Eckenfels Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] O_NOATIME support Message-ID: <20040612180918.GA21857@taniwha.stupidest.org> References: <20040612011129.GD1967@flower.home.cesarb.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 762 Lines: 21 On Sat, Jun 12, 2004 at 06:44:01PM +0200, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > This is less related to your patch (i like this feature!) but more > to the current source layout: is there a reason for not sharing > those open flags on an non architecture specific file? We just never did it that way, and they are not all the same across all architectures. > And should you not try to use the same value on all architectures to > make that especially easy to change later? They are ABI specific and will never change. --cw - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/