Re: [PATCH 0/2] use symbolic constants in generic lseek code

Chris Snook <[email protected]> wrote:

> Patch 1 fixes the case statements to use the symbolic constants in
> include/linux/fs.h, and should not be at all controversial.
>
> Patch 2 adds a SEEK_MAX and uses it to validate user arguments.  This makes
> the code a little cleaner and also enables future extensions (such as
> SEEK_DATA and SEEK_HOLE).  If anyone has a problem with this, please speak up.

Seems reasonable.

Acked-By: David Howells <[email protected]>
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