[PATCH] FUSE: 0/3 update kernel ABI

From: Miklos Szeredi (miklos_at_szeredi.hu)
Date: 03/31/05

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    To: akpm@osdl.org
Date:	Thu, 31 Mar 2005 22:52:42 +0200

    The following 3 patches change the userspace interface. Backward
    compatibility is not retained, the library must be upgraded to
    2.3-pre1 or later. The library will support both the old and the new
    ABI versions. Filesystems dynamically linked with libfuse don't need
    to be recompiled.

    The main reason for the change is that the current interface was not
    compatible between 32bit and 64bit modes of dual architecures.

    The patches are:

      1/3 - Add padding to structures to make sizes the same on 32bit and
            64bit archs

      2/3 - Add offset to fuse_dirent structure. This will make the
            readdir interface more flexible

      3/3 - Change ABI major version from 5 to 6, and check if userspace
            supports the new interface

    Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>
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