Messages in this thread | | | From | David Howells <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 4/5] afs: Zero bytes after 'oldsize' if we're expanding the file | Date | Mon, 27 Feb 2023 13:49:27 +0000 |
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Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> wrote:
> POSIX requires that "If the file size is increased, the extended area > shall appear as if it were zero-filled". It is possible to use mmap to > write past EOF and that data will become visible instead of zeroes. > > Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
That seems to work. Do you want me to pass it on to Linus? If not:
Acked-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
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