linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] VFS/ioctl: Add punching-hole support to ioctl().

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Message-ID: <20110331225618.GB7484@dhcp231-156.rdu.redhat.com>
Date:	Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:56:18 -0400
From:	Josef Bacik <josef@...hat.com>
To:	Sunil Mushran <sunil.mushran@...cle.com>
Cc:	Tristan Ye <tristan.ye@...cle.com>, ocfs2-devel@....oracle.com,
	josef@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org,
	chris.mason@...cle.com, jlbec@...lplan.org, tm@....ma
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] VFS/ioctl: Add punching-hole support to ioctl().

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 02:14:43PM -0700, Sunil Mushran wrote:
> Frankly I see no point extending the ioctl interface when we have
> a syscall interface.
>

I'd even go so far as to say we could probably axe the xfs and ocfs2 ioctls
since we have the fallocate interface :).  Thanks,

Josef
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