Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: large offset llseek breaks for device special files on ac series | Date | Tue, 19 Jun 2001 21:34:28 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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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
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