linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] e2fslibs: fix llseek on i386

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Date:	Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:16:05 -0500
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Phillip Susi <psusi@...ntu.com>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] e2fslibs: fix llseek on i386

On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 10:25:14AM +0800, Zheng Liu wrote:
> 
> This patch makes me consider my patches that dump a sparse file in
> debugfs.  In my patch [1] llseek64(2) is called to seek to the next
> data in target file.  So I believe ext2fs_llseek() is a better choice.
> I am happy to send a newer patch to fix it.  What do you think?
> 
> 1. http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-ext4/msg36134.html

You're right, we should use ext2fs_llseek() for better portability.
Thanks,

					- Ted
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