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Re: Unchecked flags in statx(2) [Should be fixed before 4.11-final?]

From "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: Unchecked flags in statx(2) [Should be fixed before 4.11-final?]
Date 2017-04-21 15:20 +0200
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On 04/21/2017 03:01 PM, David Howells wrote:
> Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> wrote:

>  (3) There's no problem with asking for extra bits, even if the running kernel
>      does not support them, because the kernel tells you in its response what
>      fields it actually gave you.  

It's this piece that I overlooked. Makes sense, of course.
Sorry for the noise!

Cheers,

Michael


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Unchecked flags in statx(2) [Should be fixed before 4.11-final?] "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> - 2017-04-21 14:20 +0200
  Re: Unchecked flags in statx(2) [Should be fixed before 4.11-final?] "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> - 2017-04-21 14:30 +0200
  Re: Unchecked flags in statx(2) [Should be fixed before 4.11-final?] David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2017-04-21 14:50 +0200
  Re: Unchecked flags in statx(2) [Should be fixed before 4.11-final?] David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2017-04-21 14:50 +0200
  Re: Unchecked flags in statx(2) [Should be fixed before 4.11-final?] David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2017-04-21 15:10 +0200
    Re: Unchecked flags in statx(2) [Should be fixed before 4.11-final?] "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> - 2017-04-21 15:20 +0200
      Re: Unchecked flags in statx(2) [Should be fixed before 4.11-final?] Andreas Dilger <adilger@dilger.ca> - 2017-04-21 20:50 +0200
        Re: Unchecked flags in statx(2) [Should be fixed before 4.11-final?] "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> - 2017-04-21 21:20 +0200

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