[OpenAFS-devel] 1.3.86 LINUX largefile-support broken

chas@cmf.nrl.navy.mil chas@cmf.nrl.navy.mil
Mon, 01 Aug 2005 07:19:53 -0400


In message <42EDD836.2080201@rzg.mpg.de>,Hartmut Reuter writes:
>The patch linux-largefile-fix-20050726 removed the special treatment for 
>  files bigger than what is adressable with 32 bits. Therefor it has 
>broken large file support on LINUX.

i dont believe generic_file_read/write has a 32-bit limitation.

>I wonder whether the author ever tested his patch before submitting it.

i did.  i wrote a 3GB file.