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Re:Tell HN: ZFS silent data corruption bugfix – my research ... by rincebrain on Thursday December 07, 2023 @06:24PM (#38563202)
Databases don't involve using SEEK_HOLE to find gaps in a sparse file, usually, so it wouldn't come up here.
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Re:Tell HN: ZFS silent data corruption bugfix – my research ... by thyrsus on Thursday December 07, 2023 @08:16PM (#38564164)
So you needn't do so: SEEK_HOLE does not occur in the GitHub.com repos for postgresql, mariadb, nor sqlite. Are there system libraries they incorporate which use SEEK_HOLE?
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