From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Organization: SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Nuernberg, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg)
To: "Steve French" <smfrench@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [8/18] BKL-removal: Remove BKL from remote_llseek
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 03:44:31 +0100
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On Sunday 27 January 2008 23:18:26 Steve French wrote:
> If two seeks overlap, can't you end up with an f_pos value that is
> different than what either thread seeked to?

Yes you can on 32bit. Especially during the 4GB wrap

-Andi
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