linux-ext4 - Re: ext2/3/4: punch support?

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Date:	Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:19:14 -0700
From:	Allison Henderson <achender@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@...il.com>
CC:	Allison C Henderson <achender@...ibm.com>,
	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?

Alrighty then, I can send it out a little early since people are interested.  It should show up here soon.  Any feedback is appreciated! :)

Allison Henderson

On 2/28/2011 6:32 PM, Dave Young wrote:
> 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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