jim owens <jowens@xxxxxx> writes: > > (Well OK, it is 1 less system call being made) In Linux it's normally safe to assume that system calls are reasonable fast and you don't need to go out to extreme measures to minimize them. -Andi -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html