> > Hello Namjae Jeon, Hi Michael, > > I see that FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE has hit mainline. Could I ask you refresh > this patch, please? (Against latest man-pages Git, please, since the current > patch does not apply cleanly). Sure. I will fix your review points on latest man-pages git. And currently only xfs support is applied to 4.1. Thanks for your review! > > See some comments below. > > On 02/21/2015 04:45 PM, Namjae Jeon wrote: > > From: Namjae Jeon <namjae.jeon@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Update FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE flag in fallocate. > > > > Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon <namjae.jeon@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > Signed-off-by: Ashish Sangwan <a.sangwan@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > man2/fallocate.2 | 88 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---- > > 1 file changed, 82 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/man2/fallocate.2 b/man2/fallocate.2 > > index adf42db..9b3c460 100644 > > --- a/man2/fallocate.2 > > +++ b/man2/fallocate.2 > > @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ > > .\" 2011-09-19: Added FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE > > .\" 2011-09-19: Substantial restructuring of the page > > .\" > > -.TH FALLOCATE 2 2015-01-22 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" > > +.TH FALLOCATE 2 2015-02-14 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" > > No need to update the timestamp on the page. I have scripts > that do this automatically. > > > .SH NAME > > fallocate \- manipulate file space > > .SH SYNOPSIS > > @@ -225,6 +225,56 @@ XFS (since Linux 3.14) > > .IP * > > ext4, for extent-based files (since Linux 3.14) > > .\" commit b8a8684502a0fc852afa0056c6bb2a9273f6fcc0 > > +.SS Increasing file space > > +.\" TODO: Mention commit id and supporting Linux version > > Yes, please add the commit ID and "Linux 4.1". > > > +Specifying the > > +.BR FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE > > +flag in > > +.I mode > > +will increase the file space by inserting a hole within the file size without > > +overwriting any existing data. The hole will start at > ^ > Please start new sentences on new source lines. (Same thing at various > lines below.) > > > +.I offset > > +and continue for > > +.I len > > +bytes. For inserting hole inside file, the contents of the file starting at > > Please start new sentences on new source lines. > > > +.I offset > > +will be shifted towards right by > > +.I len > > +bytes. Inserting a hole inside the file will increase the file size by > > Please start new sentences on new source lines. > > > +.I len > > +bytes. > > + > > +This mode has the same limitation as > > +.BR FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE > > +regarding the > > +granularity of the operation. > > +If the granulrity requirements are not met, > > Spelling: "granularity" > > > +.BR fallocate () > > +will fail with the error > > +.BR EINVAL. > > +If the > > +.I offset > > +overlaps with end of file OR if it is greater than end of file, an error is > > +returned. For such type of operations, i.e. inserting a hole at the end of > > Please start new sentences on new source lines. > > > +file, > > +.BR ftruncate(2) > > +should be used. > > +In case > > +.IR offset + len > > +exceeds the maximum file size, errno will be set to > > +.B EFBIG. > > + > > +No other flags may be specified in > > +.IR mode > > +in conjunction with > > +.BR FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE . > > + > > +As of Linux XXXX, > > +.\" TODO: Mention commit id and supporting Linux version > > +.B FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE > > +is supported by > > +ext4 (only for extent-based files) and XFS. > > Is the ext4 support really there? Grep Linus's current Git, it appears > that only XFS support is currently there? > > > + > > .SH RETURN VALUE > > On success, > > .BR fallocate () > > @@ -242,6 +292,12 @@ is not a valid file descriptor, or is not opened for writing. > > .IR offset + len > > exceeds the maximum file size. > > .TP > > +.B EFBIG > > +.I mode > > +is > > +.BR FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE , > > +the current file size+len excceds the maximum file size. > > "exceeds" > > > +.TP > > .B EINTR > > A signal was caught during execution. > > .TP > > @@ -270,7 +326,17 @@ reaches or passes the end of the file. > > .B EINVAL > > .I mode > > is > > -.BR FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE , > > +.BR FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE > > +and the range specified by > > +.I offset > > +reaches or passes the end of the file. > > +.TP > > +.B EINVAL > > +.I mode > > +is > > +.BR FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE > > +or > > +.BR FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE , > > but either > > .I offset > > or > > @@ -279,18 +345,24 @@ is not a multiple of the filesystem block size. > > .TP > > .B EINVAL > > .I mode > > -contains both > > +contains either of > > .B FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE > > +or > > +.B FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE > > and other flags; > > no other flags are permitted with > > -.BR FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE . > > +.BR FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE > > +or > > +.BR FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE . > > .TP > > .B EINVAL > > .I mode > > is > > .BR FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE > > or > > -.BR FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE , > > +.BR FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE > > +or > > +.BR FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE , > > but the file referred to by > > .I fd > > is not a regular file. > > @@ -342,6 +414,8 @@ specifies > > .BR FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE > > or > > .BR FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE > > +or > > +.BR FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE > > and > > the file referred to by > > .I fd > > @@ -360,7 +434,9 @@ refers to a pipe or FIFO. > > .B ETXTBSY > > .I mode > > specifies > > -.BR FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE , > > +.BR FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE > > +or > > +.BR FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE , > > but the file referred to by > > .IR fd > > is currently being executed. > > > > Thanks, > > Michael > > > -- > Michael Kerrisk > Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ > Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- 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
