linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/5] ext4: fallocate support in ext4

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Message-ID: <463FD1A2.1020505@garzik.org>
Date:	Mon, 07 May 2007 21:25:54 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Amit K. Arora" <aarora@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, xfs@....sgi.com, suparna@...ibm.com,
	cmm@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] ext4: fallocate support in ext4

Andreas Dilger wrote:
> My comment was just that the extent doesn't have to be explicitly zero
> filled on the disk, by virtue of the fact that the uninitialized flag
> will cause reads to return zero.


Agreed, thanks for the clarification.

	Jeff


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