Re: [PATCH] iomap: don't allow holes in swapfiles

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On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 08:51:46AM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 08:50:00AM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> > > Hey, Darrick, I noticed this while writing up a generic xfstest to test
> > > that the Btrfs swap support patches don't allow a swapfile with holes.
> > > It'd be nice if we were all consistent :) This is based on
> > > xfs-linux/for-next. Feel free to fold it in to your patch or apply it
> > > separately as you see fit. Thanks!
> > 
> > I sent a testcase of my own ("generic: test swapfile creation,
> > activation, and deactivation") a while back; would you mind sending out
> > yours so we can combine them into a single testcase?
> 
> Wasn't the desire to support holes the rationale for the Aleksei
> version of the iomap swapfile patch?

Ah, so it was.  FWIW I'm not sure why you'd /want/ a holey swapfile?

TBH my motivation for iomap swapfile is purely to remove bmap callers. :)

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