linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] fs: add SEEK_HOLE and SEEK

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Date:	Thu, 21 Apr 2011 21:23:50 -0600
From:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
To:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....EDU>
Cc:	Josef Bacik <josef@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	hch@...radead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] fs: add SEEK_HOLE and SEEK_DATA flags

On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 04:45:54PM -0400, Theodore Tso wrote:
> 
> On Apr 21, 2011, at 3:42 PM, Josef Bacik wrote:
> 
> > +	case SEEK_DATA:
> > +	case SEEK_HOLE:
> > +		return -EINVAL;
> > 	}
> 
> Maybe we should be returning EOPNOTSUPP?

That's definitely wrong ... -ENOSYS might be better!

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