From: "Chris Snook" <csnook@redhat.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: akpm@osdl.org, dhowells@redhat.com, jeffpc@josefsipek.net,
csnook@redhat.com
Subject: [PATCH 0/2] use symbolic constants in generic lseek code
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 16:57:50 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070220.waF.48959600@egw.corp.redhat.com> (raw)
The generic lseek code in fs/read_write.c uses hardcoded values for
SEEK_{SET,CUR,END}.
Patch 1 fixes the case statements to use the symbolic constants in
include/linux/fs.h, and should not be at all controversial.
Patch 2 adds a SEEK_MAX and uses it to validate user arguments. This makes
the code a little cleaner and also enables future extensions (such as
SEEK_DATA and SEEK_HOLE). If anyone has a problem with this, please speak up.
-- Chris
next reply other threads:[~2007-02-20 21:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-02-20 21:57 Chris Snook [this message]
2007-02-20 22:01 ` [PATCH 1/2] use symbolic constants in generic lseek code Chris Snook
2007-02-20 22:05 ` [PATCH 2/2] use use SEEK_MAX to validate user lseek arguments Chris Snook
2007-02-21 11:38 ` [PATCH 0/2] use symbolic constants in generic lseek code David Howells
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