On 26/10/2020 10:44, Kamil Dudka wrote:
The workaround triggers warnings with new kernel versions in case
a user does not have sufficient privileges for the MTIOCGET ioctl.
* src/dd.c (skip_via_lseek): Drop wrapper function no longer needed.
(skip): Use lseek() directly.
(advance_input_after_read_error): Use lseek() directly.
Reported-by: Nir Soffer
Bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1876840
To clarify, the kernel is warning, not dd.
In general the kernel should be disallowing rather than warning I think.
But yes this is old code that should no longer be needed.
I'll apply the patch.
thanks,
Pádraig
