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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] expanding truncate
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    >     This patch makes sure that indirect pointers for holes are correctly filled in by zeroes at
    > hole-creation time. (Author is Chris Mason. fs/buffer.c part (generic_cont_expand) were written by
    > Alexander Viro)

    Why is that even needed. If you truncate a file larger it doesn't need to
    fill in the datablocks until they are touched surely
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