Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754133AbYCNIms (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:42:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752053AbYCNImg (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:42:36 -0400 Received: from fxip-0047f.externet.hu ([88.209.222.127]:40514 "EHLO pomaz-ex.szeredi.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752024AbYCNImf (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:42:35 -0400 To: drepper@redhat.com CC: viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk, bharata@linux.vnet.ibm.com, libc-alpha@sourceware.org, jblunck@suse.de, ezk@cs.sunysb.edu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, hch@lst.de, cmm@us.ibm.com, haveblue@us.ibm.com In-reply-to: <47DA257C.9060409@redhat.com> (message from Ulrich Drepper on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:13:00 -0700) Subject: Re: [RFC] Union mount readdir support in glibc References: <20080311055527.GA7256@in.ibm.com> <47D9F6CC.6010009@redhat.com> <20080314053925.GA10722@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> <47DA257C.9060409@redhat.com> Message-Id: From: Miklos Szeredi Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:41:23 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 682 Lines: 17 > > Actually, do we really need it other than to 0 and to current position > > (i.e. full rewind and a no-op)? > > Ever heard of the little function "telldir"? Actually, telldir/seekdir is already broken for some filesystems (NFS comes to mind). POSIX was really crazy to require a working seekdir implementation, and userspace should quickly start _not_ using it. The more new filesystems it doesn't work, the better, IMHO. Miklos -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/