Re: [PATCH] libext2fs: When truncating file, punch out blocks at end

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On Fri, Jan 06, 2012 at 08:47:37PM -0800, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> Currently, ext2fs_file_set_size2 punches out data blocks between the
> end of the file and infinity when truncate_block <= old_truncate
> (i.e. when you've made the file longer).  This is not a useful
> behavior, particularly since it *fails* to punch out the data blocks
> when the file is shortened (i.e. truncate_block < old_truncate).
> This seems to be the result of the test being backwards, so fix the
> code to punch only when the file is getting shorter.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, applied.

						- Ted
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