linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: manual merge of the bkl-llseek tree with the rr tree

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Message-Id: <201009161020.01392.arnd@arndb.de>
Date:	Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:20:01 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Amit Shah <amit.shah@...hat.com>
Cc:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Subject: Re: linux-next: manual merge of the bkl-llseek tree with the rr tree

On Thursday 16 September 2010 08:54:39 Amit Shah wrote:
> Arnd, the device is supposed to be non-seekable so I'll add a
> nonseekable_open() to the open() call.
> 
> So I guess the llseek operation should ne no_llseek instead of
> noop_llseek.  Will you change that in your patchset?  Should I do that
> in the patch I'll queue up?

Yes, I think it's best if you just do both changes in your patch, I'll
drop this file from my series then.

Any driver that we can make use no_llseek instead of noop_llseek
is a step forward.

	Arnd
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