> I'm not sure. Turning, for example, the statat(dir_fd, name == NULL) > error case into fstat(dir_fd) sounds like a way for apps, admittedly > buggy ones, to be surprised. Maybe libc would be exptected to catch > the error before performing the shared system call?
At that point would it not be cheaper to have two system calls, the table cost isn't very large. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
