Re: [PATCH] The o32 fstatat syscall behaves differently on 32 and 64 bit kernels

[Richard Sandiford <richard@codesourcery.com>]

Richard Sandiford <richard@codesourcery.com> writes:
> I think this is just a case of a compat too far.  The o32 stat64 is the
> same as plain stat on n64, so 64-bit kernels can just use newfstatat.
> (n32 already does this, and works correctly as-is.)

Huh.  The last sentence sounded like a really useful addition when I
wrote it, but even so soon after the fact, I've no idea why.  It sounds
like I was implying that stat calls require conversion on n32, but that
certainly wasn't my intention.  Please ignore. ;)

Richard