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    SubjectRe: -mm merge plans for 2.6.21
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    > From: Russell King
    > Newsgroups: gmane.linux.kernel
    > Subject: Re: -mm merge plans for 2.6.21
    > Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 22:03:27 +0000
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    > However:
    >
    > sys_foo(int a, int c, unsigned long long b, unsigned long long d)
    >
    > is entirely reasonable and leaves us with spare room for one additional
    > 32-bit arg to be passed.
    >
    >> Is that actually written anywhere, and does anyone bother to check?
    >
    > Mostly mailing list archives I'd guess. As far as anyone bothering
    > to check, that's me when I'm aware of new syscalls... which typically
    > happens a long time after the syscalls have been introduced on x86
    > etc.

    Why not to have "the most large argument first" rule here?

    sys_bar(largest,..., larger,..., smaller,..., small);

    Put it in Documentation/ABI/README and bother only, when compiller
    will bark on -mm tree.

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