Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] expanding truncate | Date | Thu, 3 Jan 2002 12:25:34 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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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 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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