linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] xfs: Honor FALLOC_FL_KEEP

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Date:   Sat, 18 Mar 2017 02:54:40 +0000
From:   Calvin Owens <calvinowens@...com>
To:     "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
CC:     "linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org" <linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Christoph Hellwig" <hch@....de>,
        Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
        Kernel Team <Kernel-team@...com>,
        "stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xfs: Honor FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE when punching ends of
 files

> Fix this by reintroducing the checks xfs_zero_remaining_bytes() did
> against i_size into xfs_zero_range().

Sorry this is wrong: I missed that xfs_zero_range() has another caller that
depends on the behavior I'm changing. I'll send a v2 with the same hunk at
the bottom of xfs_free_file_space() instead.

Thanks,
Calvin