Re: [PATCH] statfs64 no longer missing

From: Benjamin LaHaise (bcrl@redhat.com)
Date: Thu Oct 17 2002 - 19:26:45 EST


On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 10:19:19AM +1000, Peter Chubb wrote:
> I didn't add a passed-in argument of expected size, as I think that
> statfs64 is well enough understood (and there are 5 spare longs
> anyway).

That's what we thought about fstat last time, too. Trust me, there will
always be a reason to add more fields, and considering that one of the 64
bit platforms we're using today will likely still be around in 10 years,
just adding the size parameter is easy enough to save a pile of hassel
later.

                -ben
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