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Re: [PATCH 1/2] fs: add SEEK_HOLE and SEEK_DATA flags
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Eric Blake |
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Re: [PATCH 1/2] fs: add SEEK_HOLE and SEEK_DATA flags |
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Fri, 22 Apr 2011 07:06:35 -0600 |
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On 04/22/2011 05:28 AM, Markus Trippelsdorf wrote:
>> I would be surprised if the bug is around for such a long time, but
>> otherwise I concur.
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> It's a bug. Let me quote what Jeff Bonwick wrote on his blog:
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> »I'm not sure where you got the impression that either SEEK_HOLE or
> SEEK_DATA doesn't set the file pointer. They do. (If they didn't, that
> would be weird, and we'd call it out explicitly.)«
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> http://blogs.sun.com/bonwick/entry/seek_hole_and_seek_data
I've created a request to standardize SEEK_HOLE and SEEK_DATA in the
next revision of POSIX; comments are welcome to make sure that everyone
is happy with wording:
http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=415
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Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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