linux-ext4 - Re: [XFS Punch Hole 1/1] XFS Add Punch Hole Testing to FSX

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Date:	Tue, 03 May 2011 09:18:51 -0400
From:	Josef Bacik <josef@...hat.com>
To:	Allison Henderson <achender@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
CC:	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [XFS Punch Hole 1/1] XFS Add Punch Hole Testing to FSX

On 05/02/2011 03:16 PM, Allison Henderson wrote:
> This patch adds punch hole tests to the fsx
> stress test.  The test is performed through
> the fallocate call by randomly choosing to
> use the punch hole flag when running the
> fallocate test.  Regions that have
> been punched out should contain zeros, so
> the expected file contents buffer is updated
> to contain zeros when a hole is punched out.
>

It doesn't look like you have anything to detect if the hole punching 
failed to disable it, how does this behave on say btrfs where we don't 
do hole punching yet?  Thanks,

Josef
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