Re: [PATCH 1/2] fs: add SEEK_HOLE and SEEK_DATA flags

[Eric Blake]

On 04/22/2011 05:28 AM, Markus Trippelsdorf wrote:
>> I would be surprised if the bug is around for such a long time, but
>> otherwise I concur.
> 
> It's a bug. Let me quote what Jeff Bonwick wrote on his blog:
> 
> »I'm not sure where you got the impression that either SEEK_HOLE or
> SEEK_DATA doesn't set the file pointer. They do. (If they didn't, that
> would be weird, and we'd call it out explicitly.)«
> 
> http://blogs.sun.com/bonwick/entry/seek_hole_and_seek_data

I've created a request to standardize SEEK_HOLE and SEEK_DATA in the
next revision of POSIX; comments are welcome to make sure that everyone
is happy with wording:
http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=415

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