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Re: [RFC PATCH] __fxstat: replace if() with #if when checking version
- From: Andreas Schwab <schwab at suse dot de>
- To: Yury Norov <ynorov at caviumnetworks dot com>
- Cc: <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2016 15:08:58 +0200
- Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] __fxstat: replace if() with #if when checking version
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On Sep 06 2016, Yury Norov <ynorov@caviumnetworks.com> wrote:
> __fxstat() is always passed with _STAT_VER as vers parameter and it's
> in internal namespace.
It is part of the glibc ABI.
> If patch is found reasonable, I can check and fix other platforms and
> stat syscalls. Could someone explain me, what for we need 'vers',
> if we pass it with the only value everywhere. Maybe it's time to remove it
> completely?
_STAT_VER has changed over time.
Andreas.
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