[Ocfs2-devel] Why do we read the blocks in __ocfs2_xxattr_set_value_outside()?

[Joel Becker]

	In __ocfs2_xattr_set_value_outside(), we walk each block of the
xattr value and read it before we copy the new data on top and dirty it.
Why are we reading the block from disk if we're just overwriting it?
Would't "sb_getblk(); ocfs2_set_buffer_uptodate()" work better?

Joel

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