Re: [RFD w/info-PATCH] device arguments from lookup, partio

[Petr Vandrovec]

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On 22 May 01 at 9:33, Jan Harkes wrote:
> 
> something like,
> 
>     ssize_t kioctl(int fd, int type, int cmd, void *inbuf, size_t inlen,
>            void *outbuf, size_t outlen);

If we are inventing new API, then if we could have

      ssize_t kioctl(int fd, int type, int cmd, 
              const struct iovec* riov, size_t riov_len,
              const struct iovec* wiov, size_t wiov_len);
              
then I'm almost sure that it will save couple of passing pointer to pointer
in structure headaches - for sure it will in code I maintain (ncpfs).
                                        Best regards,
                                            Petr Vandrovec
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