Re: [PATCH] /dev/mem: Allow rewinding

[Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>]

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...