linux-kernel - Re: zero out blocks of freed user data for operation a virtual machine environment

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Message-ID: <20090525105036.GA27604@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
Date:	Mon, 25 May 2009 12:50:36 +0200
From:	Thomas Glanzmann <thomas@...nzmann.de>
To:	Ron Yorston <rmy@...ress.co.uk>
Cc:	tytso@...nk.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: zero out blocks of freed user data for operation a virtual
	machine environment

Hello Ron,

* Ron Yorston <rmy@...ress.co.uk> [090525 09:49]:
> I've written a tool to zero freed blocks in ext2/ext3 filesystems, as well
> as a (half-baked) kernel patch.  Details here:

>    http://intgat.tigress.co.uk/rmy/uml/sparsify.html

nice work! While talking about sparse files: Do you know if there is an
option for qcow2 to reclaim zeroed out blocks (like a sparse in
userland)? I hope that this functionality hits upstream. It could also
used to provide a secure file deletion.

        Thomas
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