linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 0/3] e2fprogs: miscellaneous fixes

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Date:   Thu, 6 Sep 2018 11:57:50 -0400
From:   "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] e2fprogs: miscellaneous fixes

On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 04:37:54PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Here's a couple of patches that make fallocate's ZERO_RANGE the
> preferred implementation of unix_zeroout, and rearrange unix_zeroout and
> unix_discard to try fallocate first always.  fallocate for block devices
> has existed in the kernel for a few years now, and satisfies libext2fs'
> requirement that reads following a zero/discard must return zeroes.  The
> existing fallbacks for both functions are preserved.
> 
> The third patch fixes some build problems due to the MKINSTALLDIRS ->
> MKDIR_P transition.
> 
> Questions?  Comments?  This series targets e2fsprogs 1.45.

Thanks, I've applied all of the patches in this series.

	     	     	    		   - Ted