linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs: Correct SuS compliance for open of large file without options

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Message-ID: <20070927143548.GT5243@kernel.dk>
Date:	Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:35:48 +0200
From:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>, akpm@...l.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: Correct SuS compliance for open of large file
	without options

On Thu, Sep 27 2007, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 07:01:18 -0700
> Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:29:19 +0100
> > Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> > 
> > > The early LFS work that Linux uses favours EFBIG in various places.
> > > SuSv3 specifically uses EOVERFLOW for this as noted by Michael (Bug
> > > 7253)
> > isn't this an ABI change?
> 
> Its a change of a specific error return from the wrong error to the right
> one, nothing more. Fixing the returned error gives us correct behaviour
> according to the standards and other systems.

It may still break applications. Waving some standard at them if they
complain is unlikely to impress them.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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