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Re: [PATCH] fs: Correct SuS compliance for open of large file without options

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From: Alan Cox <alan@...>
To: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...>
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...>, <akpm@...>, <linux-kernel@...>, <linux-fsdevel@...>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: Correct SuS compliance for open of large file without options
Date: Thursday, September 27, 2007 - 10:44 am

> > Its a change of a specific error return from the wrong error to the right

And our existing behaviour may well break correctly written
portable applications, and is incorrect as well.

Testing so far says it doesn't break anything, which is no suprise if you
apply about ten braincells to the case under consideration.

Alan
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[PATCH] fs: Correct SuS compliance for open of large file wi..., Alan Cox, (Thu Sep 27, 9:29 am)
Re: [PATCH] fs: Correct SuS compliance for open of large fil..., Arjan van de Ven, (Thu Sep 27, 10:01 am)
Re: [PATCH] fs: Correct SuS compliance for open of large fil..., Alan Cox, (Thu Sep 27, 10:19 am)
Re: [PATCH] fs: Correct SuS compliance for open of large fil..., Jens Axboe, (Thu Sep 27, 10:35 am)
Re: [PATCH] fs: Correct SuS compliance for open of large fil..., Alan Cox, (Thu Sep 27, 10:44 am)
Re: [PATCH] fs: Correct SuS compliance for open of large fil..., Jens Axboe, (Thu Sep 27, 11:08 am)
Re: [PATCH] fs: Correct SuS compliance for open of large fil..., Alan Cox, (Thu Sep 27, 11:19 am)
Re: [PATCH] fs: Correct SuS compliance for open of large fil..., Theodore Tso, (Thu Sep 27, 11:59 am)
Re: [PATCH] fs: Correct SuS compliance for open of large fil..., Jens Axboe, (Thu Sep 27, 7:41 pm)
Re: [PATCH] fs: Correct SuS compliance for open of large fil..., Andrew Morton, (Thu Sep 27, 1:23 pm)
Re: [PATCH] fs: Correct SuS compliance for open of large fil..., Greg KH, (Thu Sep 27, 1:59 pm)
Re: [PATCH] fs: Correct SuS compliance for open of large fil..., Theodore Tso, (Thu Sep 27, 2:37 pm)
Re: [PATCH] fs: Correct SuS compliance for open of large fil..., Greg KH, (Thu Sep 27, 5:34 pm)
Re: [PATCH] fs: Correct SuS compliance for open of large fil..., Theodore Tso, (Thu Sep 27, 7:19 pm)
Re: [PATCH] fs: Correct SuS compliance for open of large fil..., Greg KH, (Thu Sep 27, 11:21 pm)
Re: [PATCH] fs: Correct SuS compliance for open of large fil..., Matthew Wilcox, (Thu Sep 27, 7:28 pm)
Re: [PATCH] fs: Correct SuS compliance for open of large fil..., Greg KH, (Thu Sep 27, 11:22 pm)
Re: [PATCH] fs: Correct SuS compliance for open of large fil..., Theodore Tso, (Thu Sep 27, 10:21 pm)
Re: [PATCH] fs: Correct SuS compliance for open of large fil..., Kyle Moffett, (Thu Sep 27, 6:27 pm)
Re: [PATCH] fs: Correct SuS compliance for open of large fil..., Greg KH, (Thu Sep 27, 7:11 pm)
Re: [PATCH] fs: Correct SuS compliance for open of large fil..., Matthew Wilcox, (Thu Sep 27, 2:45 pm)