linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v2] ext3: Convert ext3 to new truncate calling convention

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Date:	Wed, 25 May 2011 17:42:10 -0400
From:	Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ext3: Convert ext3 to new truncate calling
 convention

On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 05:41:10PM -0400, Ted Ts'o wrote:
> On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 12:43:36PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> > Mostly trivial conversion. We fix a bug that IS_IMMUTABLE and IS_APPEND
> > files could not be truncated during failed writes as we change the code.
> > In fact we remove the test altogether because do_sys_[f]truncate() and
> > may_open() do necessary checks anyway.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
> 
> Thanks, added to the ext4 tree.

Oops, replied to the wrong message.  I pulled in the ext4 v2 version
of your patch, obviously...

					- Ted
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