Re: [PATCH 4/7][TAKE5] support new modes in fallocate

["Amit K. Arora" <aarora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 11:13:34PM +1000, David Chinner wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 12:58:13PM +0530, Suparna Bhattacharya wrote:
> > 
> > Why don't we just merge the interface for preallocation (essentially
> > enough to satisfy posix_fallocate() and the simple XFS requirement for 
> > space reservation without changing file size), which there is clear 
> > agreement
> > on (I hope :)).  After all, this was all that we set out to do when we
> > started.
> > 
> > And leave all the dealloc/punch/hsm type features for separate future 
> > patches/
> > debates, those really shouldn't hold up the basic fallocate interface.
> > I agree with Christoph that we are just diverging too much in trying to
> > club those decisions here.
> > 
> > Dave, Andreas, Ted ?
> 
> Sure. I'll just make XFS work with whatever it is that gets merged.

Great. I will post the new patches soon.

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Regards,
Amit Arora