linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 2/2] ext4: let ext4_bio_write

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Message-ID: <20111214033326.GF6276@thunk.org>
Date:	Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:33:26 -0500
From:	Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Yongqiang Yang <xiaoqiangnk@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, achender@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	hughd@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ext4: let ext4_bio_write_page handle EOF correctly

On Wed, Dec 07, 2011 at 01:21:27PM +0800, Yongqiang Yang wrote:
> We need to zero out part of a page which beyond EOF before setting uptodate,
> otherwise, mapread or write will see non-zero data beyond EOF.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yongqiang Yang <xiaoqiangnk@...il.com>

Thanks, applied.

						- Ted
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