Re: [PATCH/RFC] fscache/cachefiles versus btrfs

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On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 02:28:16PM +0100, David Howells wrote:
> Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > SEEK_HOLE/SEEK_DATA is what you want, as they are page cache
> > coherent, not extent based operations. And, really if you need it to
> > really be able to find real holes, then a superblock flag might be a
> > better way of marking filesystems with the required capability.
> 
> Actually, I wonder if what I want is a kernel_read() that returns ENODATA upon
> encountering a hole at the beginning of the area to be read.

NFS READ_PLUS could also make use of this, but someone needs to actually
implement it.

Until we have that lseek SEEK_HOLE/DATA is the way to go, and the
horrible ->bmap hack needs to die ASAP, I can't believe you managed to
sneak that in in the not too distant past.

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