On Tue, 7 Dec 1999 08:20:08 +0100, Thomas Waldmann
<ThomasWaldmann@gmx.de> said:
> the value of file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_size is zero !?
> Shouldn't that variable better hold the size of the block device ?
In general you don't necessarily know the size of block devices in
advance. Think of cdroms, for example: you don't know until you read
it how much of it has been written.
--Stephen
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