> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:linuxppc-dev- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Timur Tabi > Sent: den 16 april 2008 22:58 > To: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org > Subject: lseek() on entries in /proc/device-tree returns EINVAL > > I'm writing a utility that parses the device tree in /proc/device-tree, and in > order to read a property into memory, I have to first find out how large it > is. > So I have the following code: > > off_t off; > int f; > > f = open(filename, O_RDONLY); > if (f == -1) { > perror(__func__); > return NULL; > } > > off = lseek(f, 0, SEEK_END); > if (off == -1) { > perror(__func__); > goto fail; > } > > The lseek() call returns -1, and errno is set to EINVAL. According to the man > page, this means: > > EINVAL The whence argument is not a proper value, or the resulting > file offset would be negative for a regular file, block special > file, or directory. > > Is there a limitation for the implementation of /proc/device-tree that > prevents > lseek() from working? If so, how do I determine the size of a property?
Yeah, just reported a similar problem at LKML. busybox start-stop-daemon broke between 2.6.23 and current tree. The change was intentional but the borkage was not. Al Viro has been informed, lets see what comes of it. Jocke _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev
