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

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On Tue, May 08, 2018 at 11:59:45PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote:
> 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.

It's not a bug, but it's currently undefined behaviour. i.e. some
filesystem implementations will hole fill while others won't, and
you cannot predict ahead of time what will happen.

Cheers,

Dave.
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