From: Josef Bacik <josef@redhat.com>
To: mtk.manpages@gmail.com, linux-man@vger.kernel.org,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] fallocate.2: add FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE flag definition
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:07:56 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1289840876-3546-1-git-send-email-josef@redhat.com> (raw)
This patch adds the relevant documenation for using fallocate with the
FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE mode. This information comes from the implementation of
FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE that I've posted along with this man page update to outline
the definition for hole punching. Obviously this patch is dependant upon the
current implementation being accepted. Thanks,
Signed-off-by: Josef Bacik <josef@redhat.com>
---
man2/fallocate.2 | 15 ++++++++++++---
1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man2/fallocate.2 b/man2/fallocate.2
index 42eefbd..1b28916 100644
--- a/man2/fallocate.2
+++ b/man2/fallocate.2
@@ -31,9 +31,8 @@ bytes.
The
.I mode
-argument determines the operation to be performed on the given range.
-Currently only one flag is supported for
-.IR mode :
+argument determines the operation to be performed on the given range, the
+value can be one of the following:
.TP
.B FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE
This flag allocates and initializes to zero the disk space
@@ -50,6 +49,16 @@ the file size (as reported by
.BR stat (2))
even if it is less than
.IR offset + len .
+.TP
+.B FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE
+This flag de-allocates the disk space within the range specified by
+.I offset
+and
+.IR len .
+This call preserves the file size (as reported by
+.BR stat (2)),
+the only change will be to the amount of space used by the file. After a
+successful call, subsequent reads from this range will return 0's.
.\"
.\" Note from Amit Arora:
.\" There were few more flags which were discussed, but none of
--
1.6.6.1
next reply other threads:[~2010-11-15 17:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-11-15 17:07 Josef Bacik [this message]
2011-09-19 5:08 ` [PATCH] fallocate.2: add FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE flag definition Michael Kerrisk
[not found] ` <CAKgNAkj-jPR-9hyuxrJ74uu3Kdv9bATrfCUedoty4dJOCh2GcA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2011-09-19 6:32 ` Dave Chinner
2011-09-21 4:11 ` Michael Kerrisk
2011-09-21 5:25 ` Andreas Dilger
2011-09-21 5:49 ` Michael Kerrisk
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