Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 18 Mar 2002 03:21:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 18 Mar 2002 03:20:50 -0500 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:59406 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 18 Mar 2002 03:20:27 -0500 Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 08:20:26 +0000 From: Joel Becker To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Joel Becker , Anton Altaparmakov , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: fadvise syscall? Message-ID: <20020318082026.X4836@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Joel Becker , Jeff Garzik , Anton Altaparmakov , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <3C945635.4050101@mandrakesoft.com> <3C945A5A.9673053F@zip.com.au> <3C945D7D.8040703@mandrakesoft.com> <5.1.0.14.2.20020317131910.0522b490@pop.cus.cam.ac.uk> <20020318080531.W4836@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <3C95A0DB.40008@mandrakesoft.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i X-Burt-Line: Trees are cool. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 03:10:03AM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: > to be fair, fcntl(2) could be used in conjunction with open(2), to do > dynamic hints. I wasn't speaking to the exact interface, just to the real world usefulness of hints after open(2). But yes, surely :-) Joel -- "Baby, even the losers Get luck sometimes. Even the losers Keep a little bit of pride." http://www.jlbec.org/ jlbec@evilplan.org - 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/