On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 08:38:39PM +0100, Richard Sandiford wrote: > MIPS is the only port to call its fstatat()-related syscalls > "__NR_fstatat". Now I can see why that might be seen as every > other port being wrong, but I think for o32, it is at best confusing. > __NR_fstat provides a plain (32-bit) stat while __NR_fstatat provides a > 64-bit stat. Changing the name to __NR_fstatat64 would make things more > explicit, match x86, and make the glibc port slightly easier. > > The current name is more appropriate for n32 and n64, but it would be > appropriate for other 64-bit targets too, and those targets have chosen > to call it __NR_newfstatat instead. Using the same name for MIPS would > again be more consistent and make the glibc port slightly easier. > > I'm not wedded to this idea if the current names are preferred, > but FWIW... I may have prefered the current naming at the time because they seemed to be more logical to me when I choose those names but I'm not married to them either. Ralf
