Re: Interface for the new fallocate() system call

From: Paul Mackerras
Date: Mon Apr 09 2007 - 11:36:59 EST


Jörn Engel writes:

> Wouldn't that work be confined to fallocate()? If I understand Heiko
> correctly, the alternative would slow s390 down for every syscall,
> including more performance-critical ones.

The alternative that Jakub suggested wouldn't slow s390 down.

Paul.
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