[to-be-updated] documentation-filesystems-vfattxt-update-the-limitation-for-fat-fallocate.patch removed from -mm tree

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The patch titled
     Subject: Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt: update the limitation for fat fallocate
has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
     documentation-filesystems-vfattxt-update-the-limitation-for-fat-fallocate.patch

This patch was dropped because an updated version will be merged

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From: Namjae Jeon <namjae.jeon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt: update the limitation for fat fallocate

Update the limitation for fat fallocate.

Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon <namjae.jeon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Amit Sahrawat <a.sahrawat@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt |   10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff -puN Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt~documentation-filesystems-vfattxt-update-the-limitation-for-fat-fallocate Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt~documentation-filesystems-vfattxt-update-the-limitation-for-fat-fallocate
+++ a/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt
@@ -180,6 +180,16 @@ dos1xfloppy  -- If set, use a fallback d
 
 <bool>: 0,1,yes,no,true,false
 
+LIMITATION
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+* The fallocated region of file is discarded at umount/evict time
+  when using fallocate with FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE.
+  So, User should assume that fallocated region can be discarded at
+  last close if there is memory pressure resulting in eviction of
+  the inode from the memory. As a result, for any dependency on
+  the fallocated region, user should make sure to recheck fallocate
+  after reopening the file.
+
 TODO
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Need to get rid of the raw scanning stuff.  Instead, always use
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from namjae.jeon@xxxxxxxxxxx are

fat-fix-data-past-eof-resulting-from-fsx-testsuite.patch
fat-fix-data-past-eof-resulting-from-fsx-testsuite-v2.patch

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