linux-ext4 - Re: [RFC][Patch 1/1] Persistent preallocation in ext4

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Date:	Wed, 13 Dec 2006 07:54:31 -0800
From:	Mingming Cao <cmm@...ibm.com>
To:	Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
CC:	"Amit K. Arora" <aarora@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, suparna@...ibm.com, suzuki@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [RFC][Patch 1/1] Persistent preallocation in ext4

Dave Kleikamp wrote:
> 
> If anything, the block-based preallocation could initialize all of the
> data to zero.  It would be slow, but it would still provide the correct
> function and result in contiguous allocation.
> 
Agree. That seems goood enough.


Mingming

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