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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
	"Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/8] fs: clear or set FMODE_LSEEK based on llseek function
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2022 06:39:52 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YrcQKIruM3w2gGho@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YrcNpdJmyFU+Up1n@ZenIV>

On Sat, Jun 25, 2022 at 02:29:09PM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> I wouldn't bet on that - as it is, an ->open() instance can decide
> in some cases to clear FMODE_LSEEK, despite having file_operations
> with non-NULL ->llseek.

The interesting cases here are nonseekable_open and stream_open,
and I don't see why we could not fix this up in the file_operations.

  reply	other threads:[~2022-06-25 13:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-06-25 11:01 [PATCH v2 0/8] cleanup llseek and splice Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-06-25 11:01 ` [PATCH v2 1/8] ksmbd: use vfs_llseek instead of dereferencing NULL Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-06-25 22:15   ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-06-26  0:54     ` Steve French
2022-06-25 11:01 ` [PATCH v2 2/8] fs: do not set no_llseek in fops Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-06-25 11:01 ` [PATCH v2 3/8] fs: clear or set FMODE_LSEEK based on llseek function Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-06-25 13:07   ` Christoph Hellwig
2022-06-25 13:29     ` Al Viro
2022-06-25 13:39       ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2022-06-25 14:11         ` Al Viro
2022-06-25 11:01 ` [PATCH v2 4/8] fs: check FMODE_LSEEK to control internal pipe splicing Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-06-25 11:01 ` [PATCH v2 5/8] fs: do not compare against ->llseek Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-06-25 11:01 ` [PATCH v2 6/8] fs: remove no_llseek Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-06-25 13:10   ` Christoph Hellwig
2022-06-25 21:53     ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-06-25 11:01 ` [PATCH v2 7/8] dma-buf: remove useless FMODE_LSEEK flag Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-06-27  9:08   ` Daniel Vetter
2022-06-27  9:38     ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-06-29 10:30     ` Sumit Semwal
2022-06-25 11:01 ` [PATCH v2 8/8] vfio: do not set " Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-06-27 20:07   ` Alex Williamson

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