> > Hole: a range of the file that contains no data or is made up > > entirely of NULL (zero) data. Holes include preallocated ranges of > > files that have not had actual data written to them. > No for me. A hole is made up of zero data? It's a strange definition > for me. It's a very natural definition for me. It mirrors the behaviour of read() of sparse data inside i_size that file system authors already have to consider. It's also a reminder for people that this interface is about avoiding reading zeros. Systems that track contents can do this for files that had tons of zeros written. The data is there but the app is specifically asking us to skip it by using SEEK_DATA. - z -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
