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Re: Whacky ia64: linux_proc_xfer_partial and lseek vs pread64

From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab at suse dot de>
Cc: David Lecomber <david at lecomber dot net>, gdb <gdb at sources dot redhat dot com>
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 13:14:41 -0500
Subject: Re: Whacky ia64: linux_proc_xfer_partial and lseek vs pread64
References: <1139591736.3780.26.camel@cpc2-oxfd8-0-0-cust771.oxfd.cable.ntl.com> <je64nnnl8c.fsf@sykes.suse.de>

On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 07:04:51PM +0100, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> pread and lseek with SEEK_SET do not allow negative offsets.  lseek on
> /proc/$$/mem is a special exception.

Uh-oh.  Should pread have the same exception, or must we fall back to
lseek?

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery

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