On 25/06/10 17.24, Greg Edwards wrote: > If /tmp happens to be full, fio gives you a very unhelpful error: > > # ./fio rand-write-256k-q256.job > Bus error > > Use posix_fallocate() to gracefully handle this condition. > > Signed-off-by: Greg Edwards <greg.edwards@xxxxxx> Thanks, that looks sane. As far as I remember, if the fs doesn't do fallocate, then glibc will zero fill it. If that is the case, then it should be safe. I will apply it. -- Jens Axboe -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe fio" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html