Luk Claes wrote: > Yes, just return UINT_MAX. Fix the other error return too, the one where > uname fails. And put in a comment if you can briefly summarize Linus's > argument. I thought that a real error like uname failing should still get the 'wrong' return 0, no? No. As I read it, Linus argues that you should only run the backward compatibility code path when you know you're running an older kernel. If you don't know, then you should assume you're running a newer kernel. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html