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> The lack of clear vision in Linux system call design is a source of continual frustration. sync_file_range and then sync_file_range2, because sync_file_range
by blattimwind 8y ago
> The lack of clear vision in Linux system call design is a source of continual frustration.
sync_file_range and then sync_file_range2, because sync_file_range's API is literally impossible on most architectures that aren't x86.
- asveikau 8y agoInteresting case. However, "literally impossible" and "wastes a register padding parameters" are not the same thing.
- blattimwind 8y agoMisremembered that, sorry.