| To: | Chris Wedgwood <cw@xxxxxxxx> |
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| Subject: | Re: [PATCH 0/5] fallocate system call |
| From: | "Amit K. Arora" <aarora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Wed, 2 May 2007 18:23:12 +0530 |
| Cc: | David Chinner <dgc@xxxxxxx>, torvalds@xxxxxxxx, akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-ext4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx, suparna@xxxxxxxxxx, cmm@xxxxxxxxxx |
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On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 10:25:59PM -0700, Chris Wedgwood wrote: > On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 10:47:02AM +1000, David Chinner wrote: > > > For FA_ALLOCATE, it's supposed to change the file size if we > > allocate past EOF, right? > > I would argue no. Use truncate for that. The patch I posted for ext4 *does* change the filesize after preallocation, if required (i.e. when preallocation is after EOF). I may have to change that, if we decide on not doing this. -- Regards, Amit Arora |
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