Re: [PATCH 2/3] uapi: get rid of STATX_ALL

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Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Constants of the *_ALL type can be actively harmful due to the fact that
> developers will usually fail to consider the possible effects of future
> changes to the definition.
> 
> Remove STATX_ALL from the uapi, while no damage has been done yet.

You don't know that someone's not using it.  It's been there a year and a
half, long enough.  So, regretfully, I don't think we can remove it at this
point.

David



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