Re: [PATCH 4/5] afs: Zero bytes after 'oldsize' if we're expanding the file

[David Howells]

Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> POSIX requires that "If the file size is increased, the extended area
> shall appear as if it were zero-filled".  It is possible to use mmap to
> write past EOF and that data will become visible instead of zeroes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

That seems to work.  Do you want me to pass it on to Linus?  If not:

Acked-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>