Re: [PATCH] Drop O_LARGEFILE from F_GETFL for POSIX compliance

[Andi Kleen]

On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 05:34:54 +0100
Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@xxxxxxx> wrote:


> 32bit archs needs to get O_LARGEFILE in return from getfl (if they set
> it [it's not set implicitly in 32bit archs] they will be able to handle
> it transparently in glibc too, and I believe they really want it). 64bit
> archs not, hence the fix.

If 32bit archs need it then 64bit archs need it too (think 32bit emulated processes
on 64bit jernels)  But I think in practice it doesn't matter, so I would prefer to be 
consistent between 32bit and 64bit.

I don't feel very strongly about this however ...

-Andi
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