linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH util-linux v4] fallocate: add FALLOC_FL_WRITE

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Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 17:09:57 +0000
From: Chaitanya Kulkarni <chaitanyak@...dia.com>
To: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@...weicloud.com>, "linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org"
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Subject: Re: [PATCH util-linux v4] fallocate: add FALLOC_FL_WRITE_ZEROES
 support

On 8/20/25 23:13, Zhang Yi wrote:
> From: Zhang Yi<yi.zhang@...wei.com>
>
> The Linux kernel (since version 6.17) supports FALLOC_FL_WRITE_ZEROES in
> fallocate(2). Add support for FALLOC_FL_WRITE_ZEROES to the fallocate
> utility by introducing a new option -w|--write-zeroes.
>
> Link:https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=278c7d9b5e0c
> Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi<yi.zhang@...wei.com>
> Reviewed-by: "Darrick J. Wong"<djwong@...nel.org>

Looks good.

Reviewed-by: Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@...dia.com>

-ck