On Monday 22 August 2011, Andi Kleen wrote: > From: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Add a generic_file_llseek variant to the VFS that allows passing in > the current file size, instead of always using inode->i_size. > This can be used to eliminate some cut'n'paste seek code in ext4. > > Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Ah, very nice. I think you can use the same trick to remove duplication in default_llseek by always setting the limit to MAX_LFS_FILESIZE. Arnd -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html