On Sun, Nov 13, 2005 at 11:26:20AM +0000, Michael van Elst wrote:
> 
> Linux readdir() does neither of llseek or lstat64. If it did, then
> you should see the effects also in trivial programs like 'ls'.
> Does /emul/linux/bin/ls fail on tmpfs?

I don't think that's true.  I have trouble keeping track of which version
of glibc does what, but see
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2004-02/msg00013.html for one
discussion of glibc readdir using lseek.

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