From: Josef Bacik Subject: Re: ext2/3/4: punch support? Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 08:11:18 -0500 Message-ID: <20110228131118.GA18193@dhcp231-156.rdu.redhat.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: josef@redhat.com, Theodore Tso , linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List To: Dave Young Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:12490 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753871Ab1B1NQ4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Feb 2011 08:16:56 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 03:03:40PM +0800, Dave Young wrote: > Hi, josef and ext guys > > Do you have any plan with ext4 hole punching support? And the > fallocate for ext2/3? > > What's the obstacle to work on this? could someone tell the status of > this issue? There is no obstacle, just nobody has bothered to do it. If you want to do it go for it. Thanks, Josef