From: Stephen Rothwell Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] sys_fallocate() system call Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 01:38:38 +1100 Message-ID: <20070318013838.d00d420e.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> References: <20070117094658.GA17390@amitarora.in.ibm.com> <20070225022326.137b4875.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20070301183445.GA7911@amitarora.in.ibm.com> <20070316143101.GA10152@amitarora.in.ibm.com> <20070316161704.GE8525@osiris.boeblingen.de.ibm.com> <17915.48105.70494.958220@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com> <20070317110706.GB29931@parisc-linux.org> <20070317143043.GA8577@osiris.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg="PGP-SHA1"; boundary="Signature=_Sun__18_Mar_2007_01_38_38_+1100_GAQF/_Zvfh5SpWYk" Cc: Matthew Wilcox , Paul Mackerras , "Amit K. Arora" , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, xfs@oss.sgi.com, Andrew Morton , suparna@in.ibm.com, cmm@us.ibm.com, alex@clusterfs.com, suzuki@in.ibm.com To: Heiko Carstens Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20070317143043.GA8577@osiris.ibm.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ext4.vger.kernel.org --Signature=_Sun__18_Mar_2007_01_38_38_+1100_GAQF/_Zvfh5SpWYk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 15:30:43 +0100 Heiko Carstens wrote: > > sys_sync_file_range(int fd, loff_t offset, loff_t nbytes, unsigned int flags) > > But from what I read, it's currently not possible for 32-bit powerpc to > wire up the already present sync_file_range system call. 32bit native is fine (as the ABI in user mode is the same as that in the kernel). For 32bit on a 64bit kernel you need the arch specific comapt routine that I used in the patch I posteda little while ago, -- Cheers, Stephen Rothwell sfr@canb.auug.org.au http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/ --Signature=_Sun__18_Mar_2007_01_38_38_+1100_GAQF/_Zvfh5SpWYk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFF+/10FdBgD/zoJvwRAhZ2AJ41njj68tFPjdgD3BIaJ9BJUMMl6ACdHnHT 1gtx0s+ho29+CsAiNUBHOns= =y+RJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature=_Sun__18_Mar_2007_01_38_38_+1100_GAQF/_Zvfh5SpWYk--