On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 01:22:10PM -0800, Hugh Dickins wrote: > First question that springs to mind (to which I shall easily find > an answer): is it actually acceptable for fallocate() to return > -ENOSPC when it has already completed a part of the work? No, it must undo all allocations if it returns ENOSPC. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>