Messages in this thread | | | From | Andreas Dilger <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/3] uapi: get rid of STATX_ALL | Date | Thu, 18 Oct 2018 19:45:42 -0600 |
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> On Oct 18, 2018, at 7:15 AM, Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> wrote: > > * Miklos Szeredi: > >> #define STATX__RESERVED 0x80000000U /* Reserved for future struct statx expansion */ > > What about this? Isn't it similar to STATX_ALL in the sense that we > don't know yet what it will mean?
No, this means that this last bit will be used for increasing the size of the stx_mask field at some point in the future. IMHO, this is present as a reminder to any developer who is adding fields in the future not to use the last flag.
Cheers, Andreas
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