Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 04:15:49 -0800 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: arundel@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de Subject: Re: easy way to determine if a stream or fd is seekable Message-ID: <4eca40f5.fvA0Xb1G9w%2BwuGj6%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <20111120142131.GA64913@freebsd.org> References: <20111116102239.GA2687@britannica.bec.de> <20111116131428.GA40723@freebsd.org> <20111116232152.GC21793@britannica.bec.de> <20111117002438.GA55931@freebsd.org> <201111172055.pAHKtZso061118@triton8.kn-bremen.de> <B06B2304-A1BC-49A3-A811-F05625138D58@kientzle.com> <20111118203122.GA9508@freebsd.org> <E693FAEB-1D8D-41A0-AEB7-3EB00419F432@kientzle.com> <20111120124034.GA54811@freebsd.org> <20111120140450.GA62286@freebsd.org> <20111120142131.GA64913@freebsd.org>
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Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org> wrote: > here's a revised patch. > ... > +.Sh CAVEATS > +If the > +.Fn lseek > +system call is operating on a device, which is incapable of seeking, > +it will request the seek operation and complete successfully. I think it would be better without the first comma (after "device"). IMO the whole section should be added to BUGS rather than creating a new CAVEATS section. Returning "success" when the requested operation actually _failed_ is a serious POLA violation.
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