linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 31/74] libext2fs: fail fileio write if we can't allocate a block

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Date:	Thu, 12 Dec 2013 13:23:08 -0500
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	"Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 31/74] libext2fs: fail fileio write if we can't allocate
 a block

On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 05:21:47PM -0800, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> If we're using ext2fs_file_write() to write to a hole in a file,
> ensure that we can actually allocate the block before updating i_size.
> In other words, don't update i_size and don't return success if we hit
> an error while allocating space.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@...cle.com>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted
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