From: Roland McGrath <roland@hack.frob.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] Extended file stat system call
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:05:56 -0700 (PDT)
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Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
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statx seems like a better family of names.  I also think it's worthwhile to
see if the interface can be made to more closely match the AIX precedent.


Thanks,
Roland