Re: [PATCH 1/4] fs: always build llseek.

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To: Michal Suchanek <msuchanek@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] fs: always build llseek.
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 08:15:52 -0700
Cc: linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Dmitry V. Levin" <ldv@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@xxxxxxxxx>, Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>, Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>, Michael Neuling <mikey@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Firoz Khan <firoz.khan@xxxxxxxxxx>, Hari Bathini <hbathini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Joel Stanley <joel@xxxxxxxxx>, Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx>, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Allison Randal <allison@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Andrew Donnellan <andrew.donnellan@xxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 10:21:06PM +0200, Michal Suchanek wrote:
> 64bit !COMPAT does not build because the llseek syscall is in the tables.

Well, this will bloat thinkgs like 64-bit RISC-V for no good reason.
Please introduce a WANT_LSEEK like symbol that ppc64 can select instead.

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