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SubjectRe: [PATCH] /dev/mem: Allow rewinding
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Le mardi 06 avril 2010 à 13:30 +0800, Américo Wang a écrit :
> > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
> > ---
> > diff --git a/drivers/char/mem.c b/drivers/char/mem.c
> > index 1f3215a..3973a1d 100644
> > --- a/drivers/char/mem.c
> > +++ b/drivers/char/mem.c
> > @@ -710,11 +710,6 @@ static loff_t memory_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int orig)
> > switch (orig) {
> > case SEEK_CUR:
> > offset += file->f_pos;
> > - if ((unsigned long long)offset <
> > - (unsigned long long)file->f_pos) {
> > - ret = -EOVERFLOW;
> > - break;
> > - }
>
> Why completely dropping the overflow check? What you need to do is just
> adding the 'offset < 0' case check.
>

Because the overflow check at this point is completely redundant, it is
performed a few lines after...


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