Re: Interface for the new fallocate() system call
From: Jan Engelhardt <hidden>
Date: 2007-03-29 18:17:54
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From: Jan Engelhardt <hidden>
Date: 2007-03-29 18:17:54
Also in:
linux-fsdevel, linux-xfs, lkml
On Mar 29 2007 13:18, linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote:
I think it's always better to put only a pointer on the stack as above.
I have to disagree, since wrapping it into a struct and copying the struct in kernelspace from userspace requires more code. Pointers only become useful at 3 (rarely) or 4 (yeah, more likely) and 5+ (definitely) arguments, (3) see above about copying, (4) middle thing and (5) tons of arguments like mmap() should be wrapped up... for simplicity of dealing with it later. Jan --