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authorDavid Disseldorp <ddiss@samba.org>2015-09-01 11:33:33 +0200
committerStefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>2015-09-01 12:40:13 +0200
commit5cf30835c98b0b43c41680d7a5f14c85d27e5904 (patch)
treecc6168ea6cf21cd875f94b88405d821346161941
parentb9e5d16aca1f31b99da09852121e8dba814295cb (diff)
downloadsamba-5cf30835c98b0b43c41680d7a5f14c85d27e5904.tar.gz
WHATSNEW: mention improved sparse file support
Signed-off-by: David Disseldorp <ddiss@samba.org> Reviewed-by: Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
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@@ -257,6 +257,13 @@ results are more accurate than running the test with an emulator, because
they reflect the exact kernel and system libraries that exist on the
target.
+Improved Sparse File Support
+----------------------------
+Support for the FSCTL_SET_ZERO_DATA and FSCTL_QUERY_ALLOCATED_RANGES
+SMB2 requests has been added to the smbd file server.
+This allows for clients to deallocate (hole punch) regions within a
+sparse file, and check which portions of a file are allocated.
+
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