[PATCH v1 2/2] fs: use must_set_pos() in default_llseek()

From: Siddharth Chintamaneni

Date: Sun Nov 01 2026 - 01:02:13 EST


default_llseek() open-codes the same whence switch for SEEK_END,
SEEK_CUR, SEEK_DATA, and SEEK_HOLE that must_set_pos() already implements
for generic_file_llseek_size() and generic_llseek_cookie().

Replace the open-coded switch (whence) block in default_llseek() with a
call to must_set_pos(file, &offset, whence, i_size_read(inode)).

Signed-off-by: Siddharth Chintamaneni <sidchintamaneni@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/read_write.c | 50 ++++++++++++++-----------------------------------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index 86ce8cea10d7..b15522cf96cd 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -333,47 +333,25 @@ loff_t default_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
{
struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
loff_t retval;
- loff_t eof;
+ int ret;

retval = inode_lock_killable(inode);
if (retval)
return retval;
- eof = i_size_read(inode);
- switch (whence) {
- case SEEK_END:
- offset += eof;
- break;
- case SEEK_CUR:
- if (offset == 0) {
- retval = file->f_pos;
- goto out;
- }
- offset += file->f_pos;
- break;
- case SEEK_DATA:
- /*
- * In the generic case the entire file is data, so as
- * long as offset isn't at the end of the file then the
- * offset is data.
- */
- if ((unsigned long long)offset >= eof) {
- retval = -ENXIO;
- goto out;
- }
- break;
- case SEEK_HOLE:
- /*
- * There is a virtual hole at the end of the file, so
- * as long as offset isn't i_size or larger, return
- * i_size.
- */
- if ((unsigned long long)offset >= eof) {
- retval = -ENXIO;
- goto out;
- }
- offset = eof;
- break;
+
+ ret = must_set_pos(file, &offset, whence, i_size_read(inode));
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ retval = ret;
+ goto out;
+ }
+ if (ret == 0) {
+ retval = offset;
+ goto out;
}
+
+ if (whence == SEEK_CUR)
+ offset += file->f_pos;
+
retval = -EINVAL;
if (offset >= 0 || unsigned_offsets(file)) {
if (offset != file->f_pos)
--
2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)