linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/10] fallocate: introduce FALLOC_FL_WRITE

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Message-ID: <yq1ecvj1v50.fsf@ca-mkp.ca.oracle.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2025 12:59:42 -0400
From: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/10] fallocate: introduce FALLOC_FL_WRITE_ZEROES flag


Christian,

>> This looks OK to me as long as the fs folks agree on the fallocate()
>> semantics.
>
> That looks overall fine. Should I queue this up in the vfs tree?

We're expecting another revision addressing the queue limit sysfs
override. Otherwise I believe it's good to go.

-- 
Martin K. Petersen