From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] fallocate.2: Document FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE Date: Tue, 06 May 2014 12:45:30 +0200 Message-ID: <5368BD4A.5080902@gmail.com> References: <1399291463-13683-1-git-send-email-lczerner@redhat.com> <536787C0.9070204@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-man-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: =?UTF-8?B?THVrw6HFoSBDemVybmVy?= Cc: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, linux-man List-Id: linux-man@vger.kernel.org >> [[ >> Zeroing is done within the filesystem preferably by converting the r= ange into >> unwritten extents. >> This approach means that the specified range will not be physically = zeroed >> out on the device (except for partial blocks at the either end of th= e range), >> and I/O is (otherwise) required only to update file metadata. >> ]] >=20 > Perfect. Just get rid of "file" in the "file metadata" and I think > it's ok. The reason is that those are also file system metadata in > the case you're actually allocating blocks. Done! Thanks for your patient help, Luk=C3=A1=C5=A1. Cheers, Michael --=20 Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html