Re: [PATCH 3/4] copy_file_range: splice with holes

[Florian Weimer <fweimer@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 05/08/2018 11:24 PM, Goldwyn Rodrigues wrote:
> copy_file_range calls do_splice_direct() if fs->clone_file_range
> or fs->copy_file_range() is not available. However, do_splice_direct()
> converts holes to zeros. Detect holes in the file_in range, and
> create them in the corresponding file_out range.

Should this be restricted to calls to copy_file_range with a 
(yet-to-be-defined) flag?

I was under the impression that the hole-filling nature of 
copy_file_range was not a bug.

Thanks,
Florian