linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 4/4] fs: Disallow all fallocate operation on active swapfile

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Message-ID: <20140412140633.GD13837@thunk.org>
Date:	Sat, 12 Apr 2014 10:06:33 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	xfs@....sgi.com, ceph-devel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] fs: Disallow all fallocate operation on active
 swapfile

On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 08:57:45PM +0200, Lukas Czerner wrote:
> Currently some file system have IS_SWAPFILE check in their fallocate
> implementations and some does not. However we should really prevent any
> fallocate operation on swapfile so move the check to vfs and remove the
> redundant checks from the file systems fallocate implementations.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>
> ---
>  fs/ceph/file.c    | 3 ---
>  fs/ext4/extents.c | 5 -----
>  fs/ext4/inode.c   | 5 -----
>  fs/open.c         | 7 +++++++
>  4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

Thanks, applied.  Again, if anyone has an objections with my carrying
these patches in the ext4 tree and pushing them to Linus shortly after
-rc1, please let me know.

					- Ted
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