Re: [PATCH 2/2] block: create ioctl to discard-or-zeroout a range of blocks

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"Christoph" == Christoph Hellwig [off-list ref] writes:

Christoph>  - FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE assures zeroes are returned, but
Christoph> space is deallocated as much as possible -
Christoph> FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE assures zeroes are returned, AND blocks
Christoph> are actually allocated

That works for me. I think it would be great if we could have consistent
interfaces for fs and block. The more commonality the merrier.

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Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering