What are the f_flag bitfields? Is it the ST_* constants?
If so, it should be documented a little better in the comments
for the f_flags field (instead of saying “bit mask of f_flag values”,
it should say “bit mask of ST_* values”)…
If not… ? 
Cheers,
-RK
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