From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Dec 15 14:33: 5 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB84537B401 for ; Sun, 15 Dec 2002 14:33:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [212.242.86.163]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA91443EA9 for ; Sun, 15 Dec 2002 14:33:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gBFMWtJe094644; Sun, 15 Dec 2002 23:32:56 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) To: Matthew Dillon Cc: Nate Lawson , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: setattr() syscall as proposed by phk From: phk@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 15 Dec 2002 14:24:31 PST." <200212152224.gBFMOVAG098468@apollo.backplane.com> Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 23:32:55 +0100 Message-ID: <94643.1039991575@critter.freebsd.dk> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <200212152224.gBFMOVAG098468@apollo.backplane.com>, Matthew Dillon w rites: > And, I will also add, in regards to using the stat structure for > setattr(), that it creates a serious portability problem as well as > a serious forward and reverse compatibility problem. Which fields > in the stat structure are going to be ignored by the syscall and > which are not? You don't know and there is no way to tell. This email could have been avoided if you had examined the background information and/or the patch. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message