linux-kernel - Re: ext2/3/4: punch support?

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Date:	Tue, 1 Mar 2011 09:32:20 +0800
From:	Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@...il.com>
To:	Allison C Henderson <achender@...ibm.com>
Cc:	Josef Bacik <josef@...hat.com>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-ext4-owner@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
Subject: Re: ext2/3/4: punch support?

On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 8:44 AM, Allison C Henderson <achender@...ibm.com> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I've actually already started on a patch set for punch hole support in ext4.
>  I've sent them out on the ltc-fsdev mailing list for review.  I had planned
> to spend another week or two running it through some more debug cases before
> sending it to the ext4 mailing list though.

Where can find your patch? should be sent to linux-ext4?

>
> linux-ext4-owner@...r.kernel.org wrote on 02/28/2011 06:11:18 AM:
>
>> Josef Bacik <josef@...hat.com>
>> Sent by: linux-ext4-owner@...r.kernel.org
>>
>> 02/28/2011 06:11 AM
>>
>> To
>>
>> Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@...il.com>
>>
>> cc
>>
>> josef@...hat.com, Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>, linux-
>> ext4@...r.kernel.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List
>> <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
>>
>> Subject
>>
>> Re: ext2/3/4: punch support?
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 03:03:40PM +0800, Dave Young wrote:
>> > Hi, josef and ext guys
>> >
>> > Do you have any plan with ext4 hole punching support? And the
>> > fallocate for ext2/3?
>> >
>> > What's the obstacle to work on this? could someone tell the status of
>> > this issue?
>>
>> There is no obstacle, just nobody has bothered to do it.  If you want to
>> do it
>> go for it.  Thanks,
>>
>> Josef
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dave
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