Re: [PATCH 4/7] xfs: Implement fallocate query support mode

Christoph Hellwig
2017-09-19T14:13:58Z

On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 10:15:38AM +0200, Lukas Czerner wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 10:56:51AM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > This seems to miss any explanation and 6 out of 7 patches.
>
> See linux-fsdevel for entire patch set.
> https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-fsdevel/msg115740.html

But only one made it to linux-xfs, so please fix your patch sending.

> (f)pathconf on it's own is useless because I need to get this
> information directly from the file system. Supported fallocate modes can
> differ with inode flags (encrypted files, extent/indirect based files on
> ext4). I also need in-kernel interface.

And that is exactly what I want you to do: finally bite the bullet
and add pathconf inode operation.