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Traditional interface is zero-fillingTraditional interface is zero-fillingPosted Jan 20, 2011 3:23 UTC (Thu) by brouhaha (guest, #1698)In reply to: Traditional interface is zero-filling by kolk Parent article: Punching holes in files If I want to punch a 5GB hole in the middle of a file, I don't want to have to do 5GB of writes to make it happen. And yes, I actually have a use for punching really big holes.
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Traditional interface is zero-filling Posted Jan 27, 2011 18:16 UTC (Thu) by mcortese (guest, #52099) [Link] If I want to punch a 5GB hole in the middle of a file, I don't want to have to do 5GB of writes to make it happen.Wouldn't you need to do it anyway when you allocate that space again?
Traditional interface is zero-filling Posted Jan 27, 2011 21:34 UTC (Thu) by brouhaha (guest, #1698) [Link]
I wouldn't be punching a hole if I intended to fill it any time soon.
In any case, supposing that I did want to punch a big hole, then fill it, I wouldn't want to have to write the whole region twice.
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