Re: [RFC] Heads up on sys_fallocate()

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On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 13:14:32 -0800
Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Amit K. Arora wrote:
> > +	if (inode->i_op && inode->i_op->fallocate)
> > +		ret = inode->i_op->fallocate(inode, offset, len);
> > +	else
> > +		ret = -ENOTTY;
> 
> You can only allocate space on typewriters? ;)

A lot of people get confused about -ENOTTY, but it is the return for
attempting to use an ioctl on the wrong type of object, so this appears
to be quite correct.
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