Re: [PATCH] [PATCH V5] mqueue: introduce new do_mq_timedreceive2() [ mq_peek syscall] for non-destructive receive and inspection,fix minor issue,prepared doc.

[Randy Dunlap]

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On 3/5/26 11:50 PM, Mathura_Kumar wrote:
> +2) Motivation
> +-------------
> +
> +The original mq_timedreceive() interface exhausts all usable syscall
> +argument slots with mqdes, msg_ptr, msg_len, msg_prio, and abs_timeout.
> +Adding new behavior such as peek-without-consume or indexed message
> +access would require either a new syscall with a completely different
> +signature, or overloading existing arguments in ways that harm clarity
> +and correctness.
> +
> +By consolidating the message buffer parameters into a struct, this
> +syscall recovers argument slots for:

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> +
> +  flags   - controls peek vs consume and other future behavior
> +  index   - selects a specific message position in the priority queue
> +
> +This design follows the precedent of other Linux syscalls that use
> +struct arguments to allow forward-compatible extensibility, such as
> +clone3() and openat2().

How much AI use is present in this patch?

thanks.
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~Randy