Re: [PATCH] xfs_io: actually issue 0 size writes

[Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Aug 26, 2009, at 3:11 PM, Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>  
wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 05:15:50PM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> > While testing some stuff in generic_write_checks() in the
> > kernel I realized that you can't actually use xfs_io to send
> > a 0-byte write in.  This is actually a condition worth testing:
> >
> >       If  count  is zero and fd refers to a regular file,
> >       then write() may return a failure status if one  of
> >       the  errors  below  is  detected.  If no errors are
> >       detected, 0 will be returned  without  causing  any
> >       other  effect.
> >
> > So fix that up.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Any reason you didn't put this in despite two positive reviews?
Just general busyness and a vacation :)

Will do it soon.

-Eric