> >> ?When writing into preallocated space, many filesystems also > >> ?require calls into the block allocator, which this system > >> ?call does not sync out to disk. > >> > >> Can someone please rephrase it? ?In particular, what does 'which' refer to? > >> Thanks. How about: Usually filesystems also need to update metadata when writing into preallocated space. This system call does not guarantee the persistance of conversions from preallocated to regularly allocated space. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
