Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:27:39 +0900 (JST) | Subject | Re: [RFC, PATCH 3/4] elf_core_dump(): make offset calculation and writing processes explicit | From | Daisuke HATAYAMA <> |
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> Daisuke HATAYAMA <d.hatayama@jp.fujitsu.com> writes: > > > > 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
I may need to use backward seeking here, not forward. So, I stressed here for the backward one.
Thanks.
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