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From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
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Subject: Re: Whacky ia64: linux_proc_xfer_partial and lseek vs pread64
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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?

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Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery