linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 0/6][RFC] Introduce FALLOC_FL_ZERO

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Message-ID: <20140219003351.GE7339@thunk.org>
Date:	Tue, 18 Feb 2014 19:33:51 -0500
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Lukáš Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>
Cc:	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, xfs@....sgi.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6][RFC] Introduce FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE flag for
 fallocate

On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 03:42:10PM +0100, Lukáš Czerner wrote:
> 
> To be honest "block_map" group name does not mean anything to me.

Well, traditionally the "bmap" function is what is used to map from an
inode and a logcal block and a physical block.  I thought block_map
was more obvious, but maybe this is a case where "bmap" would be more
understandable?  I dunno.

						- Ted
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