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Re: [PATCH 4/4] Remove broken posix_fallocate, posix_falllocate64 fallback code [BZ#15661]

From: Paul Eggert <eggert at cs dot ucla dot edu>
To: Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
Date: Tue, 05 May 2015 08:59:30 -0700
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] Remove broken posix_fallocate, posix_falllocate64 fallback code [BZ#15661]
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On 05/05/2015 08:37 AM, Florian Weimer wrote:

On 04/24/2015 02:53 PM, Florian Weimer wrote:

The previous implementation could result in silent data corruption,
and this has been observed to happen with application code.

I'd appreciate some comment on this patch.  Do you agree that this is
the right approach?

I just now read the bug report and patch and agree that the patch is theright way to go.

References:
- Re: [PATCH 4/4] Remove broken posix_fallocate, posix_falllocate64 fallback code [BZ#15661]
  - From: Florian Weimer

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