Re: large offset llseek breaks for device special files on ac series

[Alan Cox]

> This check should be done only for regular files, e.g. for
> a device special file the test does not make sense.
> Either we change the check or we have to write a llseek
> method for each device driver.

Or we introduce a method for regular files on a file system with size limits.
Now that way around is probablyt much saner, and the check is removed from
the default code

Car to whip up a patch ?