linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RESEND] coredump: Ensure proper size of sparse core files

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Date:   Tue, 17 Jan 2017 15:44:53 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     hch@...radead.org
Cc:     dave.kleikamp@...cle.com, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
        sparclinux@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] coredump: Ensure proper size of sparse core
 files

From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2017 23:55:21 -0800

> On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 10:42:43PM -0500, David Miller wrote:
>> The lseek() done by dump_skip() should extend the file properly.
> 
> lseek never extends a file.  It just moves the current file position.
> So if you do not have a write after the lseek it does nothing.

Ok, then the only other feedback I have is that we should probably
defer this truncate() call until the last possible dump write occurs
rather than right after the VMA loop.