Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759848AbYLLSWU (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:22:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758693AbYLLSWL (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:22:11 -0500 Received: from earthlight.etchedpixels.co.uk ([81.2.110.250]:38016 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758376AbYLLSWJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:22:09 -0500 Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:21:42 +0000 From: Alan Cox To: Matthew Wilcox Cc: Gerd Hoffmann , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, Ulrich Drepper Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Add preadv and pwritev system calls. Message-ID: <20081212182142.46dcf220@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20081212170347.GR26095@parisc-linux.org> References: <1229090440-32120-1-git-send-email-kraxel@redhat.com> <20081212152929.GM26095@parisc-linux.org> <494287D4.2070909@redhat.com> <20081212155113.GO26095@parisc-linux.org> <49428AFD.5090009@redhat.com> <20081212170347.GR26095@parisc-linux.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.12; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Organization: Red Hat UK Cyf., Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, Y Deyrnas Gyfunol. Cofrestrwyd yng Nghymru a Lloegr o'r rhif cofrestru 3798903 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 992 Lines: 26 On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:03:47 -0700 Matthew Wilcox wrote: > On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 05:02:05PM +0100, Gerd Hoffmann wrote: > > I'd *really* hate it to have the same system call with different > > argument ordering on different systems though. Especially when swapping > > two integer values, so gcc wouldn't error out on wrong usage. > > We can always permute it further: > > int fd, int vlen, loff_t pos, const struct * Or you could add cobol calling syntax or pass the arguments in XML format ? Any particular reason you want to make things hell for programmers and the standard people. Follow the BSD one at least to user space. Anything else will just lead to pain and suffering later on the standardisation front. Alan -- 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/