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    SubjectRe: large offset llseek breaks for device special files on ac series
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    > This check should be done only for regular files, e.g. for
    > a device special file the test does not make sense.
    > Either we change the check or we have to write a llseek
    > method for each device driver.

    Or we introduce a method for regular files on a file system with size limits.
    Now that way around is probablyt much saner, and the check is removed from
    the default code

    Car to whip up a patch ?
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