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List:       linux-man
Subject:    Re: Unable to parse a sentence in sync_file_range.2
From:       Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages () googlemail ! com>
Date:       2010-06-15 4:59:57
Message-ID: AANLkTingOWwxbexef-fqmSfGyDgmPiPR4o0WJsEkg9gO () mail ! gmail ! com
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Hi Christoph,

On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> ?When writing into preallocated space, many filesystems also
>> >> ?require calls into the block allocator, which this system
>> >> ?call does not sync out to disk.
>> >>
>> >> Can someone please rephrase it? ?In particular, what does 'which' refer to?
>> >> Thanks.
>
> How about:
>
> Usually filesystems also need to update metadata when writing into
> preallocated space.  This system call does not guarantee the persistance
> of conversions from preallocated to regularly allocated space.

Personally, I'm still having a little trouble with the last sentence.
I think my failure may be one of technical understanding, rather than
a language problem. Could you try explaining in a different way,
perhaps with a few more words?

Thanks,

Michael



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