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

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Message-ID: <20140415215741.Horde.d8xeUy2MbgZTTY81Gl8nkMA@mail.loguj.cz>
Date:	Tue, 15 Apr 2014 21:57:41 +0200
From:	Lukáš Czerner <lukas@...uj.cz>
To:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	Lukáš Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>,
	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

Yes, please drop the patch #4 since it requires different solution, I  
do not think it's critical enough to have partial solution and it has  
been that way for a long time. We can fix it later.

Thanks!
-Lukas


Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu> wrote:

> 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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