Re: [RFC, PATCH 3/4] elf_core_dump(): make offset calculation and writing processes explicit

[Andi Kleen]

Daisuke HATAYAMA <d.hatayama@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> However, the clause 1. is not always possible, since one
> cannot assume that dump_seek() function always supports
> the seek in the minus direction. Consider no_llseek.

Not even forward seek is always supported, consider core dumping
to a pipe.

-Andi

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