ext4: fix partial page writes
While running extended fsx tests to verify the preceeding patches, a similar bug was also found in the write operation When ever a write operation begins or ends in a hole, or extends EOF, the partial page contained in the hole or beyond EOF needs to be zeroed out. To correct this the new ext4_discard_partial_page_buffers_no_lock routine is used to zero out the partial page, but only for buffer heads that are already unmapped. Signed-off-by: Allison Henderson <achender@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
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