From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christoph Hellwig Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] block: implement (some of) fallocate for block devices Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2016 11:17:26 -0700 Message-ID: <20160321181726.GA10892@infradead.org> References: <20160315194221.30093.70506.stgit@birch.djwong.org> <20160315194244.30093.6483.stgit@birch.djwong.org> <20160321153827.GA27230@infradead.org> <20160321175235.GA5812@birch.djwong.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20160321175235.GA5812-PTl6brltDGh4DFYR7WNSRA@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-api-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: "Darrick J. Wong" Cc: Christoph Hellwig , axboe-tSWWG44O7X1aa/9Udqfwiw@public.gmane.org, torvalds-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org, bfields-uC3wQj2KruNg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org, tytso-3s7WtUTddSA@public.gmane.org, martin.petersen-QHcLZuEGTsvQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, linux-api-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, david-FqsqvQoI3Ljby3iVrkZq2A@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, shane.seymour-ZPxbGqLxI0U@public.gmane.org, linux-fsdevel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, jlayton-vpEMnDpepFuMZCB2o+C8xQ@public.gmane.org, akpm-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-api@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 10:52:35AM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote: > > I don't really understand the comment. But I think you'd be much > > I don't know of a block device primitive that corresponds to the "default" > mode of fallocate, as documented in the manpage (i.e. mode == 0). I agree > that the whole thing could be simplified in the manner you point out below. SCSI allows 'anchoring' blocks, which is pretty similar to a normal fallocate, but we don't support anchoring blocks in Linux yet.