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Re: [PATCH] struct stat: don't typecast to struct kernel_stat were not needed
- From: Andreas Schwab <schwab at suse dot de>
- To: Yury Norov <ynorov at caviumnetworks dot com>
- Cc: <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2016 13:53:50 +0200
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] struct stat: don't typecast to struct kernel_stat were not needed
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On Sep 06 2016, Yury Norov <ynorov@caviumnetworks.com> wrote:
> The cast comes from the beginning of the git history, and probably was needed
> when macro CHECK1() was used in syscalls.
Actually it predates the use of INLINE_SYSCALL.
> * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/fxstat.c: Remove useless cast.
> * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/lxstat.c: Likewise.
> * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/xstat.c: Likewise.
> * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/fxstat.c: Likewise.
> * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/lxstat.c: Likewise.
> * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/xstat.c: Likewise.
Ok.
Andreas.
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