Re: [PATCH 1/6][TAKE7] manpage for fallocate

Amit K. Arora
2007-07-13T14:27:17Z

On Sat, Jul 14, 2007 at 12:06:51AM +1000, David Chinner wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 06:16:01PM +0530, Amit K. Arora wrote:
> > Following is the modified version of the manpage originally submitted by
> > David Chinner. Please use `nroff -man fallocate.2 | less` to view.
> >
> > This includes changes suggested by Heikki Orsila and Barry Naujok.
>
> Can we get itemised change logs for all these patches from now on?

Sure.

> > .TH fallocate 2
> > .SH NAME
> > fallocate \- allocate or remove file space
>
> If fallocate is just being used for allocating space this is wrong.
> maybe - "manipulate file space" instead?

Yes, it needs to be changed.

> dd> .TP
> > .B FALLOC_RESV_SPACE
> > provides the same functionality as
> > .B FALLOC_ALLOCATE
> > except it does not ever change the file size. This allows allocation
> > of zero blocks beyond the end of file and is useful for optimising
>
> "of zeroed blocks"

Ok.

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Regards,
Amit Arora

> --
> Dave Chinner
> Principal Engineer
> SGI Australian Software Group