Re: Approach to quickly zeroing large XFS file (or) tool to mark XFS file extents as written

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On Mon, Dec 23, 2024 at 10:12:32PM +0530, Sai Chaitanya Mitta wrote:
> Hi Team,
>            Is there any method/tool available to explicitly mark XFS
> file extents as written? One approach I

Writing data to the unwritten extent is the only way to do this.
Allowing uninitialised data extents to be converted to a written
state opens a massive hole in system security.

Go search for the discussions around FALLOC_FL_NO_HIDE_STALE from
well over a decade ago.....

-Dave
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