Re: [RFC][PATCH] sys_fallocate() system call

[Paul Mackerras]

Heiko Carstens writes:

> So you either rearrange the parameters or convert the loff_t's to pointers.
> 
> e.g.
> 
> asmlinkage long sys_fallocate(int fd, loff_t offset, loff_t len, int mode)
> 
> would work even on s390 ;)

... but wouldn't work on 32-bit powerpc. :(  We would end up with a
pad argument between fd and offset, giving 7 arguments in all
(counting the loff_t's as 2), but we only support 6.

Paul.
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