Skip new cluster allocation after checking i_blocks limit in _fat_get_block, because the blocks are already allocated in fallocated region. Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon <namjae.jeon@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Amit Sahrawat <a.sahrawat@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/fat/inode.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/fat/inode.c b/fs/fat/inode.c index acb45ce..20e9fe5 100644 --- a/fs/fat/inode.c +++ b/fs/fat/inode.c @@ -144,7 +144,12 @@ static inline int __fat_get_block(struct inode *inode, sector_t iblock, } offset = (unsigned long)iblock & (sbi->sec_per_clus - 1); - if (!offset) { + /* + * allocate a cluster according to the following. + * 1) no more available blocks + * 2) not part of fallocate region + */ + if (!offset && !(iblock < (sector_t)inode->i_blocks)) { /* TODO: multiple cluster allocation would be desirable. */ err = fat_add_cluster(inode); if (err) -- 1.7.11-rc0 -- 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