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fstatat syscall names

PATCH In review Richard Sandiford 2 participants 2 messages Sep 17, 2006 – Sep 19, 2006 MIPS

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PATCH 1/1 fstatat syscall names

MIPS is the only port to call its fstatat()-related syscalls "__NR_fstatat". Now I can see why that might be seen as every other port being wrong, but I think for o32, it is at best confusing. __NR_fstat provides a plain (32-bit) stat while __NR_fstatat provides a 64-bit stat. Changing the name to __NR_fstatat64 would make things more explicit, match x86, and make the glibc port slightly easier.

The current name is more appropriate for n32 and n64, but it would be appropriate for other 64-bit targets too, and those targets have chosen to call it __NR_newfstatat instead. Using the same name for MIPS would again be more consistent and make the glibc port slightly easier.

I'm not wedded to this idea if the current names are preferred, but FWIW...

Richard

Signed-off-by Richard Sandiford <[email protected]>
include/asm-mips/unistd.h +3 -3
index 558e3cb..c391429 100644
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@
 #define __NR_mknodat			(__NR_Linux + 290)
 #define __NR_fchownat			(__NR_Linux + 291)
 #define __NR_futimesat			(__NR_Linux + 292)
-#define __NR_fstatat			(__NR_Linux + 293)
+#define __NR_fstatat64			(__NR_Linux + 293)
 #define __NR_unlinkat			(__NR_Linux + 294)
 #define __NR_renameat			(__NR_Linux + 295)
 #define __NR_linkat			(__NR_Linux + 296)

@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@
 #define __NR_mknodat			(__NR_Linux + 249)
 #define __NR_fchownat			(__NR_Linux + 250)
 #define __NR_futimesat			(__NR_Linux + 251)
-#define __NR_fstatat			(__NR_Linux + 252)
+#define __NR_newfstatat			(__NR_Linux + 252)
 #define __NR_unlinkat			(__NR_Linux + 253)
 #define __NR_renameat			(__NR_Linux + 254)
 #define __NR_linkat			(__NR_Linux + 255)

@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@
 #define __NR_mknodat			(__NR_Linux + 253)
 #define __NR_fchownat			(__NR_Linux + 254)
 #define __NR_futimesat			(__NR_Linux + 255)
-#define __NR_fstatat			(__NR_Linux + 256)
+#define __NR_newfstatat			(__NR_Linux + 256)
 #define __NR_unlinkat			(__NR_Linux + 257)
 #define __NR_renameat			(__NR_Linux + 258)
 #define __NR_linkat			(__NR_Linux + 259)
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Quoted 7 lines · Richard Sandiford

MIPS is the only port to call its fstatat()-related syscalls "__NR_fstatat". Now I can see why that might be seen as every other port being wrong, but I think for o32, it is at best confusing. __NR_fstat provides a plain (32-bit) stat while __NR_fstatat provides a 64-bit stat. Changing the name to __NR_fstatat64 would make things more explicit, match x86, and make the glibc port slightly easier.

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The current name is more appropriate for n32 and n64, but it would be appropriate for other 64-bit targets too, and those targets have chosen to call it __NR_newfstatat instead. Using the same name for MIPS would again be more consistent and make the glibc port slightly easier.

I'm not wedded to this idea if the current names are preferred, but FWIW...

I may have prefered the current naming at the time because they seemed to be more logical to me when I choose those names but I'm not married to them either.

Ralf