Re: [PATCH 2/2] vfs: support statx(..., NULL, AT_EMPTY_PATH, ...)

[Linus Torvalds]

On Wed, 3 Jul 2024 at 11:48, Xi Ruoyao <xry111@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Fortunately LoongArch ILP32 ABI is not finalized yet (there's no 32-bit
> kernel and 64-bit kernel does not support 32-bit userspace yet) so we
> can still make it happen to use struct statx as (userspace) struct
> stat...

Oh, no problem then. If there are no existing binaries, then yes,
please do that,

It avoids the compat issues too.

I think 'struct statx' is a horrid bloated thing (clearing those extra
"spare" words is a pain, and yes, the user copy for _regular_ 'stat()'
already shows up in profiles), but for some new 32-bit platform it's
definitely worth the pain just to avoid the compat code or new
structure definitions.

              Linus