linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vfs: pass struct file to do_truncate on O

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Message-ID: <20100315190333.195a327a@tlielax.poochiereds.net>
Date:	Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:03:33 -0400
From:	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@....uio.no>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vfs: pass struct file to do_truncate on O_TRUNC opens

On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:50:37 +0000
Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk> wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 06:47:02PM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> 
> > Yeah that would be cleaner on the wire for the create case. It's not
> > clear to me how to implement that though. There doesn't appear to be
> > a straightforward way to tell the VFS to skip the truncate.
> 
> The plan is to turn most of the guts of do_last() into fs method...

Thanks Al, that makes sense.

Does the patch I've proposed look reasonable in the interim?
-- 
Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>
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