Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 12 Aug 2002 14:14:22 -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 07:06:06PM +0100 Alan Cox said: > On Mon, 2002-08-12 at 18:57, Phil Auld wrote > > > Did it work correctly - the answer I believe is - no it didnt. > > > > > > > Fair enough. The higher level fix is a band-aid over bugs in some of > > the lower level drivers. > > > > Thanks for the info. I didn't think that patch would go anywhere, > > but it did help explain why the change. > > Do push it for 2.5 - there we have time to find out what it exposes >
I sent out a 2.5.31 version as well, although I muffed Al Viro's address. I don't know if it really falls under his domain anyway...
Thanks,
Phil
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