linux-kernel - Re: lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_CUR) returns unexpected result for O

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Message-ID: <20151024215537.GB27558@thunk.org>
Date:	Sat, 24 Oct 2015 17:55:37 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Sigurd Næss <sigurdkn@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_CUR) returns unexpected result for O_APPEND
 file on linux 2.6.32-431.29.2

On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 01:18:11AM +0100, Sigurd Næss wrote:
> Below is a description of a simple test case that causes lseek(fd, 0,
> SEEK_CUR) to return an unexpectedly small result on one of my
> computers, with linux 2.6.32-431.29.2, but none of the others. I'm
> posting it on the off chance that this is (or was) a kernel bug, and
> not some problem on my end.

The kernel versions you are mentioning are all RHEL kernel versions.
The problem doesn't reproduce on the latest mainline kernel.

Cheers,

					- Ted
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