Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932273AbVKJXlX (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Nov 2005 18:41:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932274AbVKJXlX (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Nov 2005 18:41:23 -0500 Received: from e31.co.us.ibm.com ([32.97.110.149]:32922 "EHLO e31.co.us.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932273AbVKJXlW (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Nov 2005 18:41:22 -0500 Subject: Re: [RFC] sys_punchhole() From: Badari Pulavarty To: Andrew Morton Cc: andrea@suse.de, hugh@veritas.com, lkml , linux-mm In-Reply-To: <20051110153254.5dde61c5.akpm@osdl.org> References: <1131664994.25354.36.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20051110153254.5dde61c5.akpm@osdl.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 15:41:02 -0800 Message-Id: <1131666062.25354.41.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.4 (2.0.4-4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 960 Lines: 31 On Thu, 2005-11-10 at 15:32 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > Badari Pulavarty wrote: > > > > We discussed this in madvise(REMOVE) thread - to add support > > for sys_punchhole(fd, offset, len) to complete the functionality > > (in the future). > > > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-mm&m=113036713810002&w=2 > > > > What I am wondering is, should I invest time now to do it ? > > I haven't even heard anyone mention a need for this in the past 1-2 years. > > > Or wait till need arises ? > > A long wait, I suspect.. > Okay. I guess, I will wait till someone needs it. I am just trying to increase my chances of "getting my madvise(REMOVE) patch into mainline" :) Thanks, Badari - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/