Re: [PATCH, 3.7-rc7, RESEND] fs: revert commit bbdd6808 to fallocate UAPI

Theodore Ts'o
2012-11-26T14:43:54Z

On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 11:53:45AM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > It's not like there is any shortage of flag bits, so what's the harm
> > of reserving the bit?
>
> Why not just reserve a small group of bits for fs private use in that
> case - for any fs.

I think that would be a *fine* idea.

- Ted