linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] fuse: Allow fallocate(FALLOC_FL_ZERO

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Date:   Tue, 18 May 2021 15:56:25 +0200
From:   Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
To:     "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        eblake@...hat.com, libguestfs@...hat.com,
        Shachar Sharon <synarete@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] fuse: Allow fallocate(FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE)

On Wed, 12 May 2021 at 18:19, Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> The current fuse module filters out fallocate(FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE)
> returning -EOPNOTSUPP.  libnbd's nbdfuse would like to translate
> FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE requests into the NBD command
> NBD_CMD_WRITE_ZEROES which allows NBD servers that support it to do
> zeroing efficiently.
>
> This commit treats this flag exactly like FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE.

Thanks, applied.

Miklos