Re: man page update (fcntl(2) new set/get write hints)

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On 08/24/2017 12:41 AM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
> +.TP
> +.BR F_GET_RW_HINT " (\fIuint64_t\fP; since Linux 4.13)"
> +Returns the value of the read/write hint associated with the underlying inode
> +for the file descriptor.
> +.TP
> +.BR F_SET_RW_HINT " (\fIuint64_t\fP; since Linux 4.13)"
> +Sets the read/write hint value associated with the underlying inode for the
> +file descriptor.

Surely the arguments are of pointer type for reads *and* writes?

There is no convenient way 32-bit userspace can pass a 64-bit integer
through are variadic dispatcher interface such as ioctl/fcntl/futex.

Thanks,
Florian
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