netdev - Re: [patch 4/4] mISDN: misc timerdev fixes II

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Message-ID: <20080923164800.GA3212@infradead.org>
Date:	Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:48:00 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, kkeil@...e.de,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, ak@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [patch 4/4] mISDN: misc timerdev fixes II

On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 06:46:52PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > Yes, unfortunately the only way it's cleared currently is through using
> > nonseekable_open, but I've started preparing a war plan to sort this whole
> > mess out.
> 
> Yes it would be much more logical if FMODE_SEEK was cleared on character devices
> by default. That is what I assumed with the original patch.

Actually I'd prefer to not have by default at all.  While all
filesystems should support seeking they also can easily set a .llseek
instead of the current horrible default.  llseek is the only file
operation with a default (and a really bad one), and I'd prefer it not
to have for consistency.

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