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tmpfs: revert SEEK_DATA and SEEK_HOLE
authorHugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:02:45 +0000 (14:02 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Wed, 11 Jul 2012 23:04:48 +0000 (16:04 -0700)
commitf21f8062201fc6361f65de92e758a76375ba8c59
treee15ec62a2167a3fbf6e853fb2445ba13d404cad1
parent6b91bf1a3f52f5fdf40f5aaeb09a06b4d49556cc
tmpfs: revert SEEK_DATA and SEEK_HOLE

Revert 4fb5ef089b28 ("tmpfs: support SEEK_DATA and SEEK_HOLE").  I believe
it's correct, and it's been nice to have from rc1 to rc6; but as the
original commit said:

I don't know who actually uses SEEK_DATA or SEEK_HOLE, and whether it
would be of any use to them on tmpfs.  This code adds 92 lines and 752
bytes on x86_64 - is that bloat or worthwhile?

Nobody asked for it, so I conclude that it's bloat: let's revert tmpfs to
the dumb generic support for v3.5.  We can always reinstate it later if
useful, and anyone needing it in a hurry can just get it out of git.

Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Cc: Josef Bacik <josef@redhat.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: Andreas Dilger <adilger@dilger.ca>
Cc: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
Cc: Marco Stornelli <marco.stornelli@gmail.com>
Cc: Jeff liu <jeff.liu@oracle.com>
Cc: Chris Mason <chris.mason@fusionio.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
mm/shmem.c