> 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 ?
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