[OpenAFS-devel] 1.3.86 LINUX largefile-support broken

[Hartmut Reuter]

chas williams - CONTRACTOR wrote:
> 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.
> 
> 
> generic_file_read/write doesnt seem to have a 32-bit limitation.
> 
> 
>>I wonder whether the author ever tested his patch before submitting it.
> 
> 
> i did.  i wrote a 3GB file.


3 gb is under the 32bit line! if you try to write a 5 gb file you will 
see that this doesn't work correctly. It overwrites the begin of the 
file with the part beyond the 4gb-line!
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