new helper: fixed_size_llseek()

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

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