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. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html