linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 3/4] fs: Remove i_size check from do

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Message-ID: <20140415194004.GG4456@thunk.org>
Date:	Tue, 15 Apr 2014 15:40:04 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Lukáš Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, ceph-devel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, xfs@....sgi.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] fs: Remove i_size check from do_fallocate

On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 06:09:34PM +0200, Lukáš Czerner wrote:
> 
> Ok, I'll run some tests and resend it right away without the patch
> #4.

Thanks!  So should I drop patch #4 for now?  I don't think it does any
harm, and it does plug the hole somewhat, but Cristoph is right that
we still could have swapon racing with the fallocate.

   	       	    	   	       	   - Ted
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