From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2017 23:55:21 -0800 > On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 10:42:43PM -0500, David Miller wrote: >> The lseek() done by dump_skip() should extend the file properly. > > lseek never extends a file. It just moves the current file position. > So if you do not have a write after the lseek it does nothing. Ok, then the only other feedback I have is that we should probably defer this truncate() call until the last possible dump write occurs rather than right after the VMA loop. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
