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Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 21:57:23 +0200 From: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz> To: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, xfs@....sgi.com, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] 285: Fix file syncing On Thu 30-05-13 08:47:30, Eric Sandeen wrote: > On 5/30/13 7:45 AM, Jan Kara wrote: > > The intention of tests 08 and 09 in test generic/285 is to sync the > > whole file before checking for data and holes. However the helper is > > called with nbytes argument set to 0 which results in not syncing > > anything. Set nbytes properly. > > Hm, are you sure? (Is the man page wrong, or is the sync_file_range > implementation wrong?) > > DESCRIPTION > sync_file_range() permits fine control when synchronizing the > open file referred to by the file descriptor fd with disk. > > offset is the starting byte of the file range to be synchro- > nized. nbytes specifies the length of the range to be synchro- > nized, in bytes; if nbytes is zero, then all bytes from offset > through to the end of file are synchronized. My fault that I didn't read the manpage carefully enough. Scratch this patch. Honza -- Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz> SUSE Labs, CR -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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