> Hello Namjae Jeon, Hi Michael, > > Thanks for the revised patch. I have a question below: > > On 05/07/2015 07:15 AM, Namjae Jeon wrote: > > 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 | 89 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---- > > 1 file changed, 84 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/man2/fallocate.2 b/man2/fallocate.2 > > index 0cc1a00..0d31027 100644 > > --- a/man2/fallocate.2 > > +++ b/man2/fallocate.2 > > @@ -228,6 +228,59 @@ ext4, for extent-based files (since Linux 3.15) > > .IP * > > SMB3 (since Linux 3.17) > > .\" commit 30175628bf7f521e9ee31ac98fa6d6fe7441a556 > > +.SS Increasing file space > > +flag (available since Linux 4.1) > > +.\" commit dd46c787788d5bf5b974729d43e4c405814a4c7d > > +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 > > +.I offset > > +and continue for > > +.I len > > +bytes. > > +For inserting hole inside file, the contents of the file starting at > > +.I offset > > +will be shifted towards right by > > +.I len > > +bytes. > > +Inserting a hole inside the file will increase the file size by > > +.I len > > +bytes. > > + > > +This mode has the same limitation as > > +.BR FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE > > +regarding the > > +granularity of the operation. > > +If the granularity requirements are not met, > > +.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 > > > Could that last line not be simplified to > > if the offset is greater than or equal to the end of file > > ? Yes, Looks good :) Thanks!! > > 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
