On Oct 18, 2018, at 7:11 AM, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
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> Constants of the *_ALL type can be actively harmful due to the fact that
> developers will usually fail to consider the possible effects of future
> changes to the definition.
>
> Remove STATX_ALL from the uapi, while no damage has been done
> On Oct 18, 2018, at 7:15 AM, Florian Weimer wrote:
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> * Miklos Szeredi:
>
>> #define STATX__RESERVED 0x8000U /* Reserved for future
>> struct statx expansion */
>
> What about this? Isn't it similar to STATX_ALL in the sense that we
> don't know yet what it will mean?
* Amir Goldstein:
> On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 4:11 PM Miklos Szeredi wrote:
>>
>> Constants of the *_ALL type can be actively harmful due to the fact that
>> developers will usually fail to consider the possible effects of future
>> changes to the definition.
>>
>> Remove STATX_ALL from the uapi, w
Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> Constants of the *_ALL type can be actively harmful due to the fact that
> developers will usually fail to consider the possible effects of future
> changes to the definition.
>
> Remove STATX_ALL from the uapi, while no damage has been done yet.
You don't know that some
On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 4:11 PM Miklos Szeredi wrote:
>
> Constants of the *_ALL type can be actively harmful due to the fact that
> developers will usually fail to consider the possible effects of future
> changes to the definition.
>
> Remove STATX_ALL from the uapi, while no damage has been don
On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 4:32 PM, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 3:15 PM, Florian Weimer wrote:
>> * Miklos Szeredi:
>>
>>> #define STATX__RESERVED 0x8000U /* Reserved for
>>> future struct statx expansion */
>>
>> What about this? Isn't it similar to STATX
On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 3:15 PM, Florian Weimer wrote:
> * Miklos Szeredi:
>
>> #define STATX__RESERVED 0x8000U /* Reserved for future
>> struct statx expansion */
>
> What about this? Isn't it similar to STATX_ALL in the sense that we
> don't know yet what it will mean?
K
* Miklos Szeredi:
> #define STATX__RESERVED 0x8000U /* Reserved for future
> struct statx expansion */
What about this? Isn't it similar to STATX_ALL in the sense that we
don't know yet what it will mean?
Constants of the *_ALL type can be actively harmful due to the fact that
developers will usually fail to consider the possible effects of future
changes to the definition.
Remove STATX_ALL from the uapi, while no damage has been done yet.
We could keep something like this around in the kernel, bu
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