Re: [PATCH 2/2] add f_flags to struct statfs(64)

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On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 12:52:56PM -0700, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
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> On 06/28/2010 11:43 AM, Andreas Dilger wrote:
> > I would advocate at least an 8-bit magic value, if there is a concern
> > about this field not always being 0-filled on older kernels, or not
> > using any ST_VALID flag at all, if it was always zero-filled in the
> > past.

ST_VALID is required to differentiate between no flags, and
flags field unsupported of course.

 
> Did anyone go back and check which kernel versions didn't clear the
> spare fields (if any)?

At least from 2.4.0 does memset it. 2.2.26 does not. Can you
live with that?


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