Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 24 Mar 2002 06:24:54 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 24 Mar 2002 06:24:45 -0500 Received: from atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz ([195.113.31.123]:44044 "EHLO atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 24 Mar 2002 06:24:40 -0500 Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 12:24:18 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Stevie O Cc: Pavel Machek , Jeff Garzik , Anton Altaparmakov , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: fadvise syscall? Message-ID: <20020324112418.GA15934@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> In-Reply-To: <3C959716.6040308@mandrakesoft.com> <3C945635.4050101@mandrakesoft.com> <3C945A5A.9673053F@zip.com.au> <5.1.0.14.2.20020317131910.0522b490@pop.cus.cam.ac.uk> <3C959716.6040308@mandrakesoft.com> <5.1.0.14.2.20020324013457.022907d0@whisper.qrpff.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > >> I disagree, and here's the main reasons: > >> > >> * fadvise(2) usefulness extends past open(2). It may be useful to call > >> it at various points during runtime. > > > >open(/proc/self/fd/0, O_NEW_FLAGS)? > > So to use fadvise(), the system must have /proc mounted? I think it is way more feasible than adding new syscall. Pavel -- Casualities in World Trade Center: ~3k dead inside the building, cryptography in U.S.A. and free speech in Czech Republic. - 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/