From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46592) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c7In0-0001Lk-3D for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 17 Nov 2016 04:15:27 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c7Imz-0005O7-5i for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 17 Nov 2016 04:15:26 -0500 References: <20161116144144.674250d7644ef8f8cc516993@gmail.com> From: Thomas Huth Message-ID: <681d18e8-0ffb-5877-acc9-1a0e3fc251b3@tuxfamily.org> Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2016 10:15:15 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20161116144144.674250d7644ef8f8cc516993@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] (no subject) List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Christopher Oliver , qemu-devel@nongnu.org Cc: kwolf@redhat.com, qemu-block@nongnu.org, mreitz@redhat.com Hi Christopher, On 16.11.2016 20:41, Christopher Oliver wrote: > This patch (hack?) works around the slowness in SEEK_HOLE for large dense files > on Linux tmpfs. It may improve life elsewhere as well, and the penalty of the checks > should be vanishingly small where it is not needed. > > If I'm subtly (or not so subtly) wrong, please fire back. When submitting QEMU patches, there are some rules to be followed: First, please have a look at http://qemu-project.org/Contribute/SubmitAPatch#Do_not_send_as_an_attachment and the other paragraphs there. Your mail should also have a proper subject, and the Signed-off-by line should contain your e-mail address. Thanks, Thomas