RE: [PATCH 6/6] vfs: introduce FMODE_NEG_OFFSET for allowing negative f_pos

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To: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 6/6] vfs: introduce FMODE_NEG_OFFSET for allowing negative f_pos
From: "Wu, Fengguang" <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:26:44 +0800
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Cc: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, LKML <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Eric Paris <eparis@xxxxxxxxxx>, Nick Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxx>, Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>, "linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Thread-topic: [PATCH 6/6] vfs: introduce FMODE_NEG_OFFSET for allowing negative f_pos

> On error, the kernel returns -EOVERFLOW (via %eax) and libc hides
> it by
>  errno = EOVERFLOW
>  ret = -1

Ah got it. How about the attached patch?

Thanks,
Fengguang

Attachment: mem-seek-fix
Description: mem-seek-fix

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