Re: [PATCH] man2/fallocate.2: add doc for FALLOC_FL_WRITE_ZEROES

Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]> Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:30:24 +0200

Newsgroups	org.kernel.vger.linux-ext4,org.kernel.vger.linux-man,org.kernel.vger.linux-xfs
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On Wed, Aug 19, 2026 at 01:40:22PM +0200, Pankaj Raghav wrote:
> This flag was added to the kernel in v6.17. As of now, only ext4
> supports this flag.

block device nodes also support it.

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