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SubjectRe: [RFC, PATCH 3/4] elf_core_dump(): make offset calculation and writing processes explicit
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Daisuke HATAYAMA <d.hatayama@jp.fujitsu.com> writes:
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> However, the clause 1. is not always possible, since one
> cannot assume that dump_seek() function always supports
> the seek in the minus direction. Consider no_llseek.

Not even forward seek is always supported, consider core dumping
to a pipe.

-Andi

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ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.


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