new helper: fixed_size_llseek()

[~andy/linux] / fs / read_write.c

diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index f646c8b565b913d5cbe02a5dafb2aba5a4b163ef..782dfc3acebcf038db62116ab65536fc28ed8a6a 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -144,6 +144,26 @@ loff_t generic_file_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_llseek);
 
+/**
+ * fixed_size_llseek - llseek implementation for fixed-sized devices
+ * @file:      file structure to seek on
+ * @offset:    file offset to seek to
+ * @whence:    type of seek
+ * @size:      size of the file
+ *
+ */
+loff_t fixed_size_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence, loff_t size)
+{
+       switch (whence) {
+       case SEEK_SET: case SEEK_CUR: case SEEK_END:
+               return generic_file_llseek_size(file, offset, whence,
+                                               size, size);
+       default:
+               return -EINVAL;
+       }
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(fixed_size_llseek);
+
 /**
  * noop_llseek - No Operation Performed llseek implementation
  * @file:      file structure to seek on