linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH rust-next v2 0/3] rust: miscdevice: add llseek support

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Message-ID: <2025101544-stopper-rifling-00e0@gregkh>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2025 07:40:12 +0200
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Ryosuke Yasuoka <ryasuoka@...hat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH rust-next v2 0/3] rust: miscdevice: add llseek support

On Wed, Oct 15, 2025 at 01:02:40PM +0900, Ryosuke Yasuoka wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> This patch series add support for the llseek file operation to misc
> devices written in Rust.

Cool, but what miscdevice driver needs llseek support?  Do you have a
real user for this that we can see as well?

thanks,

greg k-h