Re: [RFC] sys_punchhole()

[Badari Pulavarty]

On Thu, 2005-11-10 at 15:32 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Badari Pulavarty <pbadari@xxxxxxxxxx> 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

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