netdev - Re: [PATCH 00/15] change default

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Date:	Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:38:56 -0400
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, Jeremy Kerr <jk@...abs.org>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Samuel Ortiz <samuel@...tiz.org>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/15] change default_llseek action

On Tue, 14 Sep 2010 22:22:28 +0200, Arnd Bergmann said:

> This changes *all* instances of struct file_operations in
> the kernel to have a .llseek operation and then changes
> the default to no_llseek, which returns -ESPIPE, which
> is what we had decided some time ago in a discussion
> with Christoph Hellwig.

I don't suppose there's any clean way to throw a build error or a
printk_on_once() or something if we encounter an unconverted 'struct
file_operations', is there? I have this creeping fear that this patch will go
upstream during the merge window - as will 12 new staging/ drivers from authors
who didn't get the memo yet.

Other than the "missed converting a new usage" issue, it looks OK to me.



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