coreutils: patch possible infinite loop with SEEK_HOLE
authorWei-Ting Yang <redacted>
Fri, 9 Jan 2026 12:14:24 +0000 (20:14 +0800)
committerHannu Nyman <redacted>
Sun, 18 Jan 2026 05:19:37 +0000 (07:19 +0200)
commit1938656f70e350424099a3e7c75aea0891de14d8
tree1c9954df6ae4d6fc1860ccc3eb762dea6609a88a
parent4a02dcb1c38077fccd5b29f4f59f7b715f5196fe
coreutils: patch possible infinite loop with SEEK_HOLE

cp, install, and mv no longer enter an infinite loop copying sparse files
with SEEK_HOLE. E.g., this was seen on ext4 when copying sparse files with
extents that are being actively updated, and copy offload is not being used.

See also:
https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/commit/bd528f923482223649aa84be7d131e69356149da

Signed-off-by: Wei-Ting Yang <redacted>
utils/coreutils/Makefile
utils/coreutils/patches/000-copy-fix-possible-infinite-loop-with-SEEK_HOLE.patch [new file with mode: 0644]
utils/coreutils/patches/900-no_docs_man_tests.patch [moved from utils/coreutils/patches/001-no_docs_man_tests.patch with 100% similarity]
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