GNU bug report logs - #60416
Be more liberal using copy_file_range() with NFS mounted filesystems

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>, Braiam <braiamp <at> gmail.com>, 60416-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#60416: [PATCH] copy: attempt copy offload with sparse files
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2022 17:36:24 -0800

On 2022-12-30 16:23, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> 
> I may follow up with a related patch to
> ensure we _don't_ use copy_file_range with --sparse=never.

Not sure it's worth the bother. A file system that would create holes 
with copy_file_range could also do so with plain 'write', no?

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