Re: [PATCH v4 2/5] NFSD: Add READ_PLUS data support

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On Fri, Sep 04, 2020 at 10:36:36AM -0400, Chuck Lever wrote:
> > On Sep 4, 2020, at 10:29 AM, Bruce Fields <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > It also doesn't guarantee that the results tell you
> > anything about how the file is actually stored--a returned "hole" could
> > represent an unallocated segment, or a fully allocated segment that's
> > filled with zeroes, or some combination.
> 
> Understood, but the resulting copied file should look the same whether
> it was read from the server using READ_PLUS or SEEK_DATA/HOLE.

I'm uncomfortable about promising that.  What do you think might go
wrong otherwise?

--b.




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