On Fri, 24 Oct 2003, Bill Studenmund wrote:

> I'd like to add a new system call, named fsync_range(). The purpose of
> this system call is to flush some of the data in a file; it's a kind of
> fdatasync for a range.

@@ -347,6 +362,7 @@
 __strong_alias(_close, close)
 __strong_alias(_fcntl, fcntl)
 __strong_alias(_fsync, fsync)
+__weak_alias(fsync_range, _fsync_range)
 __strong_alias(_msgrcv, msgrcv)
 __strong_alias(_msgsnd, msgsnd)
 __strong_alias(___msync13, __msync13)

mostly unrelated, but i'm curious why weak_alias and not strong_alias?


-- 
we want to stop reading magazines
stop watching tv
stop caring about hollywood
but we're addicted to the things we hate