ext4: punch out extents

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This patch modifies the truncate routines to support hole punching
Below is a brief summary of the patches changes:

- Added end param to ext_ext4_rm_leaf
        This function has been modified to accept an end parameter
        which enables it to punch holes in leafs instead of just
        truncating them.

- Implemented the "remove head" case in the ext_remove_blocks routine
        This routine is used by ext_ext4_rm_leaf to remove the tail
        of an extent during a truncate.  The new ext_ext4_rm_leaf
        routine will now also use it to remove the head of an extent in the
        case that the hole covers a region of blocks at the beginning
        of an extent.

- Added "end" param to ext4_ext_remove_space routine
        This function has been modified to accept a stop parameter, which
        is passed through to ext4_ext_rm_leaf.

[ext4 punch hole patch series 3/5 v6] 

Signed-off-by: Allison Henderson <achender@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>

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Allison Henderson 2011-05-25 07:41:43 -04:00 • committed by Theodore Ts'o

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fs/ext4/extents.c

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