Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262180AbTHTUqq (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Aug 2003 16:46:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262193AbTHTUqq (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Aug 2003 16:46:46 -0400 Received: from pub234.cambridge.redhat.com ([213.86.99.234]:57611 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262180AbTHTUqp (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Aug 2003 16:46:45 -0400 Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 21:46:43 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: "Chen, Kenneth W" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: posix_fallocate question again Message-ID: <20030820214643.A5572@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , "Chen, Kenneth W" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <41F331DBE1178346A6F30D7CF124B24B0183C1A4@fmsmsx409.fm.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <41F331DBE1178346A6F30D7CF124B24B0183C1A4@fmsmsx409.fm.intel.com>; from kenneth.w.chen@intel.com on Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 12:07:10PM -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 675 Lines: 16 On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 12:07:10PM -0700, Chen, Kenneth W wrote: > This has been brought up by Ulrich more than 3 years ago: > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=95569775802945&w=2 Note that the design for posix_fallocate is stupid. We really want a 64bit len argument even on 32bit machines. > Is there anytime soon that kernel 2.6 will have such functionality? On XFS you can use ioctl(.., XFS_IOC_RESVSP64, ..) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/