linux-kernel - Re: [rfc][patch 3/3] fs: convert ext2,tmpfs to new truncate

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Date:	Tue, 7 Jul 2009 11:17:22 +0200
From:	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [rfc][patch 3/3] fs: convert ext2,tmpfs to new truncate

On Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 01:28:38PM -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 06:56:29PM +0200, Nick Piggin wrote:
> > 
> > Convert filemap_xip.c, buffer.c, and some filesystems to the new truncate
> > convention. Converting generic helpers is using some ugly code (testing
> > for i_op->ftruncate) to distinguish new and old callers... better
> > alternative might be just define a new function for these guys.
> 
> Splitting generic preparations, ext2 and shmem into separate patch would
> be a tad cleaner I think.

I actually reworked this so callers of those functions should do the
i_size update and truncate_pagecache (which gives more flexibility
anyway). And so no further changes required there.

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