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Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.4.19 revert block_llseek behavior to standard
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Phil Auld <pauld@egenera.com>
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On Mon, 2002-08-12 at 17:36, Phil Auld wrote:
> > Political I don't see any. Technical - have you verified each of our
> > block drivers behaves correctly when given an offset over its side, and
> > that it correctly fails on a 32bit block wrap.
> > 
> 
> No, but how did it work prior to 2.4.11?

Did it work correctly - the answer I believe is - no it didnt.


Alan

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