Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 12 Aug 2002 14:06:33 -0400 | From | Phil Auld <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] 2.4.19 revert block_llseek behavior to standard |
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Rumor has it that on Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 06:14:08PM +0100 Alan Cox said: > On Mon, 2002-08-12 at 17:36, Phil Auld wrote: > > > Political I don't see any. Technical - have you verified each of our > > > block drivers behaves correctly when given an offset over its side, and > > > that it correctly fails on a 32bit block wrap. > > > > > > > No, but how did it work prior to 2.4.11? > > Did it work correctly - the answer I believe is - no it didnt. > >
It may not have worked in all cases but it did observe standard specified behavior.
Phil
> Alan
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