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From: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>
To: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: fallocate fail on btrfs
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 06:39:19 +0000 (UTC)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <pan$427a1$f65bd1f8$7ddfd94c$6b06de1b@cox.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: CADw2B2PYPJdcLWvkufY71kvAdCdgXhsdO2Gizf8hXAruppxXPA@mail.gmail.com

G. Richard Bellamy posted on Tue, 26 Aug 2014 22:05:01 -0700 as excerpted:

> When I try to run fallocate with "--keep-size" on my btrfs partitions,
> it's failing, and I'm at a loss as to why. This was working in prior
> versions.
> 
> Any suggestions on how to attack this problem? I'm betting I'm missing
> something simple here, and have just gone down the rabbit hole...
> 
> BTW, I've confirmed that the line that fails is fallocate.c:368 [2],
> with "open" always returning -1.

One "something simple" you're missing (either that or I am) is any 
reference to which version you're running.  You say it was working in 
prior versions, but /which/ prior versions, and /which/ version doesn't 
work now?

-- 
Duncan - List replies preferred.   No HTML msgs.
"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master --
and if you use the program, he is your master."  Richard Stallman


  reply	other threads:[~2014-08-27  6:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-08-27  5:05 fallocate fail on btrfs G. Richard Bellamy
2014-08-27  6:39 ` Duncan [this message]
2014-08-27 17:39   ` G. Richard Bellamy
2014-08-27 22:39     ` G. Richard Bellamy
2014-08-27 22:51       ` G. Richard Bellamy
2014-08-27 22:58         ` G. Richard Bellamy
2014-08-27 23:33           ` Holger Hoffstätte
2014-08-28  9:12             ` Duncan
2014-08-28 14:48               ` G. Richard Bellamy
2014-08-28 20:10                 ` Duncan

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