From: Ankit Jain <me@ankitjain.org>
To: Felix Blyakher <felixb@sgi.com>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, mfasheh@suse.com,
joel.becker@oracle.com, ocfs2-devel@oss.oracle.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, xfs-masters@oss.sgi.com,
xfs@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] fs: Add new pre-allocation ioctls to vfs for compatibility with legacy xfs ioctls
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:24:43 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <494A1DE3.5090203@ankitjain.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9D2593C9-08EB-486C-AAF5-E83A1EAEE9B9@sgi.com>
Felix Blyakher wrote:
>
>> This patch adds ioctls to vfs for compatibility with legacy XFS
>> pre-allocation ioctls (XFS_IOC_*RESVP*). The implementation
>> effectively invokes sys_fallocate for the new ioctls.
>
> I don't think we can use sys_fallocate for XFS_IOC_UNRESVSP*
> commands, which suppose to release currently allocated file
> blocks.
> See more comments below.
My bad :( I'll drop the *UNRESV* completely from the new ioctl and
post an updated patch.
-Ankit
prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-12-18 9:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-12-15 8:04 [PATCH][RFC] fs: Add new pre-allocation ioctls to vfs for compatibility with legacy xfs ioctls Ankit Jain
2008-12-17 20:28 ` Mark Fasheh
2008-12-17 21:06 ` [xfs-masters] " Eric Sandeen
2008-12-17 21:15 ` Mark Fasheh
2008-12-18 9:50 ` Ankit Jain
2008-12-18 9:44 ` Ankit Jain
2008-12-18 21:01 ` Ankit Jain
2008-12-18 6:49 ` Felix Blyakher
2008-12-18 9:54 ` Ankit Jain [this message]
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