Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Unchecked flags in statx(2) [Should be fixed before 4.11-final?] | From | "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <> | Date | Fri, 21 Apr 2017 15:13:44 +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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