On Jul 12, 2007 13:56 +0530, Amit K. Arora wrote: > As you suggest, let us just have two modes for the time being: > > #define FALLOC_ALLOCATE 0x1 > #define FALLOC_ALLOCATE_KEEP_SIZE 0x2 > > As the name suggests, when FALLOC_ALLOCATE_KEEP_SIZE mode is passed it > will result in file size not being changed even if the preallocation is > beyond EOF.
What does FALLOC_ALLOCATE mean vs. not passing this flag? I have no objection to this as long as the code remains with these as "flags" instead of "modes"... Essentially just dropping the FALLOC_FL_DEALLOCATE and FALLOC_FL_DEL_DATA from the interface. Cheers, Andreas -- Andreas Dilger Principal Software Engineer Cluster File Systems, Inc. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
