linux-kernel - Re: [rfc][patch 1/3] fs: new truncate sequence

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Message-ID: <20090815153656.GC30951@wotan.suse.de>
Date:	Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:36:56 +0200
From:	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [rfc][patch 1/3] fs: new truncate sequence

On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 11:18:24AM -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 05:14:12PM +0200, Nick Piggin wrote:
> > On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 10:51:31AM -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > > Nick, what's the plan with moving forward on this?  We're badly waiting
> > > for it on the XFS side.  
> > 
> > I was hoping Al would take it but no reply... Any other git tree you
> > suggest, or -mm?
> 
> If we can get it into -mm until Al reappear that would be good.  What

OK, if that helps, I'll resubmit them.


> are your plans to convert other filesystems?  I'd like to have at least
> all that use O_DIRECT converted ASAP.

I was going to start going through some of them and at least try to get
patches out for maintainers to review. I was putting it off until at
least they got merged into a tree... but they do look pretty good after
your reviews now so I don't think there should be major objections.

I will send them to Andrew then tonight or tomorrow.

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