Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > As to -EOVERFLOW, I suspect we are better off just dropping that whole > logic. Returning -EOVERFLOW and truncating the readdir listing is likely > much worse than the alternative. It made sense back when we needed to get > people to upgrade the system interfaces, now it just means that old > binaries won't work at all. However, there are some similar stuff: ->st_size, ->st_nlink and ->st_ino in stat() (cp_old_stat()). Maybe EOVERFLOW is the reason for consistency... -- OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- 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
