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From: Dave Anderson <anderson@redhat.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: fweisbec@gmail.com
Subject: [PATCH] /proc/kcore: fix seeking
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 09:42:29 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D2B1AD5.9000707@redhat.com> (raw)

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From: Dave Anderson <anderson@redhat.com>

Commit 34aacb2920667d405a8df15968b7f71ba46c8f18
("procfs: Use generic_file_llseek in /proc/kcore")
broke seeking on /proc/kcore.  This changes it back
to use default_llseek in order to restore the original
behavior.

The problem with generic_file_llseek is that it only
allows seeks up to inode->i_sb->s_maxbytes, which is
2GB-1 on procfs, where the memory file offset values in
the /proc/kcore PT_LOAD segments may exceed or start
beyond that offset value.

A similar revert was made for /proc/vmcore.

Signed-off-by: Dave Anderson <anderson@redhat.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
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--- linux-2.6.37/fs/proc/kcore.c.orig
+++ linux-2.6.37/fs/proc/kcore.c
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ static int open_kcore(struct inode *inod
 static const struct file_operations proc_kcore_operations = {
 	.read		= read_kcore,
 	.open		= open_kcore,
-	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
+	.llseek		= default_llseek,
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG

             reply	other threads:[~2011-01-10 14:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-01-10 14:42 Dave Anderson [this message]
2011-01-11  0:52 ` [PATCH] /proc/kcore: fix seeking Frederic Weisbecker
2011-01-11 16:04 ` Américo Wang
2011-01-11 16:23   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2011-01-14  9:44     ` Américo Wang
2011-01-14 16:29       ` Frederic Weisbecker
2011-01-17  8:06         ` Américo Wang

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