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Message-ID: <20070426181332.GD7209@amitarora.in.ibm.com>
Date:	Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:43:32 +0530
From:	"Amit K. Arora" <aarora@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	torvalds@...l.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, xfs@....sgi.com, suparna@...ibm.com,
	cmm@...ibm.com
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] ext4: fallocate support in ext4

This patch has the ext4 implemtation of fallocate system call.

Signed-off-by: Amit Arora <aarora@...ibm.com>
---
 fs/ext4/extents.c               |  201 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 fs/ext4/file.c                  |    1 
 include/linux/ext4_fs.h         |    7 +
 include/linux/ext4_fs_extents.h |   13 ++
 4 files changed, 179 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6.21/fs/ext4/extents.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.21.orig/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ linux-2.6.21/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ static void ext4_ext_show_path(struct in
 		} else if (path->p_ext) {
 			ext_debug("  %d:%d:%llu ",
 				  le32_to_cpu(path->p_ext->ee_block),
-				  le16_to_cpu(path->p_ext->ee_len),
+				  ext4_ext_get_actual_len(path->p_ext),
 				  ext_pblock(path->p_ext));
 		} else
 			ext_debug("  []");
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ static void ext4_ext_show_leaf(struct in
 
 	for (i = 0; i < le16_to_cpu(eh->eh_entries); i++, ex++) {
 		ext_debug("%d:%d:%llu ", le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block),
-			  le16_to_cpu(ex->ee_len), ext_pblock(ex));
+			  ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex), ext_pblock(ex));
 	}
 	ext_debug("\n");
 }
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ ext4_ext_binsearch(struct inode *inode, 
 	ext_debug("  -> %d:%llu:%d ",
 		        le32_to_cpu(path->p_ext->ee_block),
 		        ext_pblock(path->p_ext),
-			le16_to_cpu(path->p_ext->ee_len));
+			ext4_ext_get_actual_len(path->p_ext));
 
 #ifdef CHECK_BINSEARCH
 	{
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ static int ext4_ext_split(handle_t *hand
 		ext_debug("move %d:%llu:%d in new leaf %llu\n",
 			        le32_to_cpu(path[depth].p_ext->ee_block),
 			        ext_pblock(path[depth].p_ext),
-			        le16_to_cpu(path[depth].p_ext->ee_len),
+				ext4_ext_get_actual_len(path[depth].p_ext),
 				newblock);
 		/*memmove(ex++, path[depth].p_ext++,
 				sizeof(struct ext4_extent));
@@ -1107,7 +1107,19 @@ static int
 ext4_can_extents_be_merged(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_extent *ex1,
 				struct ext4_extent *ex2)
 {
-	if (le32_to_cpu(ex1->ee_block) + le16_to_cpu(ex1->ee_len) !=
+	unsigned short ext1_ee_len, ext2_ee_len;
+
+	/*
+	 * Make sure that either both extents are uninitialized, or
+	 * both are _not_.
+	 */
+	if (ext4_ext_is_uninitialized(ex1) ^ ext4_ext_is_uninitialized(ex2))
+		return 0;
+
+	ext1_ee_len = ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex1);
+	ext2_ee_len = ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex2);
+
+	if (le32_to_cpu(ex1->ee_block) + ext1_ee_len !=
 			le32_to_cpu(ex2->ee_block))
 		return 0;
 
@@ -1116,14 +1128,14 @@ ext4_can_extents_be_merged(struct inode 
 	 * as an RO_COMPAT feature, refuse to merge to extents if
 	 * this can result in the top bit of ee_len being set.
 	 */
-	if (le16_to_cpu(ex1->ee_len) + le16_to_cpu(ex2->ee_len) > EXT_MAX_LEN)
+	if (ext1_ee_len + ext2_ee_len > EXT_MAX_LEN)
 		return 0;
 #ifdef AGGRESSIVE_TEST
 	if (le16_to_cpu(ex1->ee_len) >= 4)
 		return 0;
 #endif
 
-	if (ext_pblock(ex1) + le16_to_cpu(ex1->ee_len) == ext_pblock(ex2))
+	if (ext_pblock(ex1) + ext1_ee_len == ext_pblock(ex2))
 		return 1;
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1145,7 +1157,7 @@ unsigned int ext4_ext_check_overlap(stru
 	unsigned int depth, len1;
 
 	b1 = le32_to_cpu(newext->ee_block);
-	len1 = le16_to_cpu(newext->ee_len);
+	len1 = ext4_ext_get_actual_len(newext);
 	depth = ext_depth(inode);
 	if (!path[depth].p_ext)
 		goto out;
@@ -1181,9 +1193,9 @@ int ext4_ext_insert_extent(handle_t *han
 	struct ext4_extent *ex, *fex;
 	struct ext4_extent *nearex; /* nearest extent */
 	struct ext4_ext_path *npath = NULL;
-	int depth, len, err, next;
+	int depth, len, err, next, uninitialized = 0;
 
-	BUG_ON(newext->ee_len == 0);
+	BUG_ON(ext4_ext_get_actual_len(newext) == 0);
 	depth = ext_depth(inode);
 	ex = path[depth].p_ext;
 	BUG_ON(path[depth].p_hdr == NULL);
@@ -1191,14 +1203,23 @@ int ext4_ext_insert_extent(handle_t *han
 	/* try to insert block into found extent and return */
 	if (ex && ext4_can_extents_be_merged(inode, ex, newext)) {
 		ext_debug("append %d block to %d:%d (from %llu)\n",
-				le16_to_cpu(newext->ee_len),
+				ext4_ext_get_actual_len(newext),
 				le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block),
-				le16_to_cpu(ex->ee_len), ext_pblock(ex));
+				ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex), ext_pblock(ex));
 		err = ext4_ext_get_access(handle, inode, path + depth);
 		if (err)
 			return err;
-		ex->ee_len = cpu_to_le16(le16_to_cpu(ex->ee_len)
-					 + le16_to_cpu(newext->ee_len));
+
+		/* ext4_can_extents_be_merged should have checked that either
+		 * both extents are uninitialized, or both aren't. Thus we
+		 * need to check only one of them here.
+		 */
+		if (ext4_ext_is_uninitialized(ex))
+			uninitialized = 1;
+		ex->ee_len = cpu_to_le16(ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex)
+					+ ext4_ext_get_actual_len(newext));
+		if (uninitialized)
+			ext4_ext_mark_uninitialized(ex);
 		eh = path[depth].p_hdr;
 		nearex = ex;
 		goto merge;
@@ -1254,7 +1275,7 @@ has_space:
 		ext_debug("first extent in the leaf: %d:%llu:%d\n",
 			        le32_to_cpu(newext->ee_block),
 			        ext_pblock(newext),
-			        le16_to_cpu(newext->ee_len));
+				ext4_ext_get_actual_len(newext));
 		path[depth].p_ext = EXT_FIRST_EXTENT(eh);
 	} else if (le32_to_cpu(newext->ee_block)
 		           > le32_to_cpu(nearex->ee_block)) {
@@ -1267,7 +1288,7 @@ has_space:
 					"move %d from 0x%p to 0x%p\n",
 				        le32_to_cpu(newext->ee_block),
 				        ext_pblock(newext),
-				        le16_to_cpu(newext->ee_len),
+					ext4_ext_get_actual_len(newext),
 					nearex, len, nearex + 1, nearex + 2);
 			memmove(nearex + 2, nearex + 1, len);
 		}
@@ -1280,7 +1301,7 @@ has_space:
 				"move %d from 0x%p to 0x%p\n",
 				le32_to_cpu(newext->ee_block),
 				ext_pblock(newext),
-				le16_to_cpu(newext->ee_len),
+				ext4_ext_get_actual_len(newext),
 				nearex, len, nearex + 1, nearex + 2);
 		memmove(nearex + 1, nearex, len);
 		path[depth].p_ext = nearex;
@@ -1299,8 +1320,13 @@ merge:
 		if (!ext4_can_extents_be_merged(inode, nearex, nearex + 1))
 			break;
 		/* merge with next extent! */
-		nearex->ee_len = cpu_to_le16(le16_to_cpu(nearex->ee_len)
-					     + le16_to_cpu(nearex[1].ee_len));
+		if (ext4_ext_is_uninitialized(nearex))
+			uninitialized = 1;
+		nearex->ee_len = cpu_to_le16(ext4_ext_get_actual_len(nearex)
+					+ ext4_ext_get_actual_len(nearex + 1));
+		if (uninitialized)
+			ext4_ext_mark_uninitialized(nearex);
+
 		if (nearex + 1 < EXT_LAST_EXTENT(eh)) {
 			len = (EXT_LAST_EXTENT(eh) - nearex - 1)
 					* sizeof(struct ext4_extent);
@@ -1370,8 +1396,8 @@ int ext4_ext_walk_space(struct inode *in
 			end = le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block);
 			if (block + num < end)
 				end = block + num;
-		} else if (block >=
-			     le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block) + le16_to_cpu(ex->ee_len)) {
+		} else if (block >= le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block)
+					+ ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex)) {
 			/* need to allocate space after found extent */
 			start = block;
 			end = block + num;
@@ -1383,7 +1409,8 @@ int ext4_ext_walk_space(struct inode *in
 			 * by found extent
 			 */
 			start = block;
-			end = le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block) + le16_to_cpu(ex->ee_len);
+			end = le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block)
+				+ ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex);
 			if (block + num < end)
 				end = block + num;
 			exists = 1;
@@ -1399,7 +1426,7 @@ int ext4_ext_walk_space(struct inode *in
 			cbex.ec_type = EXT4_EXT_CACHE_GAP;
 		} else {
 		        cbex.ec_block = le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block);
-		        cbex.ec_len = le16_to_cpu(ex->ee_len);
+			cbex.ec_len = ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex);
 		        cbex.ec_start = ext_pblock(ex);
 			cbex.ec_type = EXT4_EXT_CACHE_EXTENT;
 		}
@@ -1472,15 +1499,15 @@ ext4_ext_put_gap_in_cache(struct inode *
 		ext_debug("cache gap(before): %lu [%lu:%lu]",
 				(unsigned long) block,
 			        (unsigned long) le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block),
-			        (unsigned long) le16_to_cpu(ex->ee_len));
+			        (unsigned long) ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex));
 	} else if (block >= le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block)
-		            + le16_to_cpu(ex->ee_len)) {
+		            + ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex)) {
 	        lblock = le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block)
-		         + le16_to_cpu(ex->ee_len);
+		         + ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex);
 		len = ext4_ext_next_allocated_block(path);
 		ext_debug("cache gap(after): [%lu:%lu] %lu",
 			        (unsigned long) le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block),
-			        (unsigned long) le16_to_cpu(ex->ee_len),
+			        (unsigned long) ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex),
 				(unsigned long) block);
 		BUG_ON(len == lblock);
 		len = len - lblock;
@@ -1610,12 +1637,12 @@ static int ext4_remove_blocks(handle_t *
 				unsigned long from, unsigned long to)
 {
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
+	unsigned short ee_len =  ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex);
 	int i;
 
 #ifdef EXTENTS_STATS
 	{
 		struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb);
-		unsigned short ee_len =  le16_to_cpu(ex->ee_len);
 		spin_lock(&sbi->s_ext_stats_lock);
 		sbi->s_ext_blocks += ee_len;
 		sbi->s_ext_extents++;
@@ -1629,12 +1656,12 @@ static int ext4_remove_blocks(handle_t *
 	}
 #endif
 	if (from >= le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block)
-	    && to == le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block) + le16_to_cpu(ex->ee_len) - 1) {
+	    && to == le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block) + ee_len - 1) {
 		/* tail removal */
 		unsigned long num;
 		ext4_fsblk_t start;
-		num = le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block) + le16_to_cpu(ex->ee_len) - from;
-		start = ext_pblock(ex) + le16_to_cpu(ex->ee_len) - num;
+		num = le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block) + ee_len - from;
+		start = ext_pblock(ex) + ee_len - num;
 		ext_debug("free last %lu blocks starting %llu\n", num, start);
 		for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
 			bh = sb_find_get_block(inode->i_sb, start + i);
@@ -1642,12 +1669,12 @@ static int ext4_remove_blocks(handle_t *
 		}
 		ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, start, num);
 	} else if (from == le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block)
-		   && to <= le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block) + le16_to_cpu(ex->ee_len) - 1) {
+		   && to <= le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block) + ee_len - 1) {
 		printk("strange request: removal %lu-%lu from %u:%u\n",
-		       from, to, le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block), le16_to_cpu(ex->ee_len));
+			from, to, le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block), ee_len);
 	} else {
 		printk("strange request: removal(2) %lu-%lu from %u:%u\n",
-		       from, to, le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block), le16_to_cpu(ex->ee_len));
+			from, to, le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block), ee_len);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1661,7 +1688,7 @@ ext4_ext_rm_leaf(handle_t *handle, struc
 	struct ext4_extent_header *eh;
 	unsigned a, b, block, num;
 	unsigned long ex_ee_block;
-	unsigned short ex_ee_len;
+	unsigned short ex_ee_len, uninitialized = 0;
 	struct ext4_extent *ex;
 
 	ext_debug("truncate since %lu in leaf\n", start);
@@ -1676,7 +1703,9 @@ ext4_ext_rm_leaf(handle_t *handle, struc
 	ex = EXT_LAST_EXTENT(eh);
 
 	ex_ee_block = le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block);
-	ex_ee_len = le16_to_cpu(ex->ee_len);
+	if (ext4_ext_is_uninitialized(ex))
+		uninitialized = 1;
+	ex_ee_len = ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex);
 
 	while (ex >= EXT_FIRST_EXTENT(eh) &&
 			ex_ee_block + ex_ee_len > start) {
@@ -1744,6 +1773,8 @@ ext4_ext_rm_leaf(handle_t *handle, struc
 
 		ex->ee_block = cpu_to_le32(block);
 		ex->ee_len = cpu_to_le16(num);
+		if (uninitialized)
+			ext4_ext_mark_uninitialized(ex);
 
 		err = ext4_ext_dirty(handle, inode, path + depth);
 		if (err)
@@ -1753,7 +1784,7 @@ ext4_ext_rm_leaf(handle_t *handle, struc
 				ext_pblock(ex));
 		ex--;
 		ex_ee_block = le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block);
-		ex_ee_len = le16_to_cpu(ex->ee_len);
+		ex_ee_len = ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex);
 	}
 
 	if (correct_index && eh->eh_entries)
@@ -2029,7 +2060,7 @@ int ext4_ext_get_blocks(handle_t *handle
 	if (ex) {
 	        unsigned long ee_block = le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block);
 		ext4_fsblk_t ee_start = ext_pblock(ex);
-		unsigned short ee_len  = le16_to_cpu(ex->ee_len);
+		unsigned short ee_len;
 
 		/*
 		 * Allow future support for preallocated extents to be added
@@ -2037,8 +2068,9 @@ int ext4_ext_get_blocks(handle_t *handle
 		 * Uninitialized extents are treated as holes, except that
 		 * we avoid (fail) allocating new blocks during a write.
 		 */
-		if (ee_len > EXT_MAX_LEN)
+		if (le16_to_cpu(ex->ee_len) > EXT_MAX_LEN)
 			goto out2;
+		ee_len = ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex);
 		/* if found extent covers block, simply return it */
 	        if (iblock >= ee_block && iblock < ee_block + ee_len) {
 			newblock = iblock - ee_block + ee_start;
@@ -2046,8 +2078,11 @@ int ext4_ext_get_blocks(handle_t *handle
 			allocated = ee_len - (iblock - ee_block);
 			ext_debug("%d fit into %lu:%d -> %llu\n", (int) iblock,
 					ee_block, ee_len, newblock);
-			ext4_ext_put_in_cache(inode, ee_block, ee_len,
-						ee_start, EXT4_EXT_CACHE_EXTENT);
+			/* Do not put uninitialized extent in the cache */
+			if (!ext4_ext_is_uninitialized(ex))
+				ext4_ext_put_in_cache(inode, ee_block,
+							ee_len, ee_start,
+							EXT4_EXT_CACHE_EXTENT);
 			goto out;
 		}
 	}
@@ -2089,6 +2124,8 @@ int ext4_ext_get_blocks(handle_t *handle
 	/* try to insert new extent into found leaf and return */
 	ext4_ext_store_pblock(&newex, newblock);
 	newex.ee_len = cpu_to_le16(allocated);
+	if (create == EXT4_CREATE_UNINITIALIZED_EXT)  /* Mark uninitialized */
+		ext4_ext_mark_uninitialized(&newex);
 	err = ext4_ext_insert_extent(handle, inode, path, &newex);
 	if (err)
 		goto out2;
@@ -2100,8 +2137,10 @@ int ext4_ext_get_blocks(handle_t *handle
 	newblock = ext_pblock(&newex);
 	__set_bit(BH_New, &bh_result->b_state);
 
-	ext4_ext_put_in_cache(inode, iblock, allocated, newblock,
-				EXT4_EXT_CACHE_EXTENT);
+	/* Cache only when it is _not_ an uninitialized extent */
+	if (create!=EXT4_CREATE_UNINITIALIZED_EXT)
+		ext4_ext_put_in_cache(inode, iblock, allocated, newblock,
+						EXT4_EXT_CACHE_EXTENT);
 out:
 	if (allocated > max_blocks)
 		allocated = max_blocks;
@@ -2205,10 +2244,86 @@ int ext4_ext_writepage_trans_blocks(stru
 	return needed;
 }
 
+/*
+ * ext4_fallocate:
+ * preallocate space for a file
+ * mode is for future use, e.g. for unallocating preallocated blocks etc.
+ */
+int ext4_fallocate(struct inode *inode, int mode, loff_t offset, loff_t len)
+{
+	handle_t *handle;
+	ext4_fsblk_t block, max_blocks;
+	int ret, ret2, nblocks = 0, retries = 0;
+	struct buffer_head map_bh;
+	unsigned int credits, blkbits = inode->i_blkbits;
+
+	/* Currently supporting (pre)allocate mode _only_ */
+	if (mode != FA_ALLOCATE)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+	if (!(EXT4_I(inode)->i_flags & EXT4_EXTENTS_FL))
+		return -ENOTTY;
+
+	block = offset >> blkbits;
+	max_blocks = (EXT4_BLOCK_ALIGN(len + offset, blkbits) >> blkbits)
+			 - block;
+	mutex_lock(&EXT4_I(inode)->truncate_mutex);
+	credits = ext4_ext_calc_credits_for_insert(inode, NULL);
+	mutex_unlock(&EXT4_I(inode)->truncate_mutex);
+	handle=ext4_journal_start(inode, credits +
+					EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb)+1);
+	if (IS_ERR(handle))
+		return PTR_ERR(handle);
+retry:
+	ret = 0;
+	while (ret >= 0 && ret < max_blocks) {
+		block = block + ret;
+		max_blocks = max_blocks - ret;
+		ret = ext4_ext_get_blocks(handle, inode, block,
+					  max_blocks, &map_bh,
+					  EXT4_CREATE_UNINITIALIZED_EXT, 0);
+		BUG_ON(!ret);
+		if (ret > 0 && test_bit(BH_New, &map_bh.b_state)
+			&& ((block + ret) > (i_size_read(inode) << blkbits)))
+			nblocks = nblocks + ret;
+	}
+
+	if (ret == -ENOSPC && ext4_should_retry_alloc(inode->i_sb, &retries))
+		goto retry;
+
+	/* Time to update the file size.
+	 * Update only when preallocation was requested beyond the file size.
+	 */
+	if ((offset + len) > i_size_read(inode)) {
+		if (ret > 0) {
+		/* if no error, we assume preallocation succeeded completely */
+			mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
+			i_size_write(inode, offset + len);
+			EXT4_I(inode)->i_disksize = i_size_read(inode);
+			mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+		} else if (ret < 0 && nblocks) {
+		/* Handle partial allocation scenario */
+			loff_t newsize;
+			mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
+			newsize  = (nblocks << blkbits) + i_size_read(inode);
+			i_size_write(inode, EXT4_BLOCK_ALIGN(newsize, blkbits));
+			EXT4_I(inode)->i_disksize = i_size_read(inode);
+			mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+		}
+	}
+	ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
+	ret2 = ext4_journal_stop(handle);
+	if (ret > 0)
+		ret = ret2;
+
+	return ret > 0 ? 0 : ret;
+}
+
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ext4_mark_inode_dirty);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ext4_ext_invalidate_cache);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ext4_ext_insert_extent);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ext4_ext_walk_space);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ext4_ext_find_goal);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ext4_ext_calc_credits_for_insert);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ext4_fallocate);
 
Index: linux-2.6.21/fs/ext4/file.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.21.orig/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ linux-2.6.21/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -135,5 +135,6 @@ const struct inode_operations ext4_file_
 	.removexattr	= generic_removexattr,
 #endif
 	.permission	= ext4_permission,
+	.fallocate	= ext4_fallocate,
 };
 
Index: linux-2.6.21/include/linux/ext4_fs.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.21.orig/include/linux/ext4_fs.h
+++ linux-2.6.21/include/linux/ext4_fs.h
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@
 				 EXT4_GOOD_OLD_FIRST_INO : \
 				 (s)->s_first_ino)
 #endif
+#define EXT4_BLOCK_ALIGN(size, blkbits) 	(((size)+(1 << blkbits)-1) & \
+							(~((1 << blkbits)-1)))
 
 /*
  * Macro-instructions used to manage fragments
@@ -225,6 +227,10 @@ struct ext4_new_group_data {
 	__u32 free_blocks_count;
 };
 
+/* Following is used by preallocation logic to tell get_blocks() that we
+ * want uninitialzed extents.
+ */
+#define EXT4_CREATE_UNINITIALIZED_EXT		2
 
 /*
  * ioctl commands
@@ -976,6 +982,7 @@ extern int ext4_ext_get_blocks(handle_t 
 extern void ext4_ext_truncate(struct inode *, struct page *);
 extern void ext4_ext_init(struct super_block *);
 extern void ext4_ext_release(struct super_block *);
+extern int ext4_fallocate(struct inode *, int, loff_t, loff_t);
 static inline int
 ext4_get_blocks_wrap(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, sector_t block,
 			unsigned long max_blocks, struct buffer_head *bh,
Index: linux-2.6.21/include/linux/ext4_fs_extents.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.21.orig/include/linux/ext4_fs_extents.h
+++ linux-2.6.21/include/linux/ext4_fs_extents.h
@@ -125,6 +125,19 @@ struct ext4_ext_path {
 #define EXT4_EXT_CACHE_EXTENT	2
 
 /*
+ * Macro-instructions to handle (mark/unmark/check/create) unitialized
+ * extents. Applications can issue an IOCTL for preallocation, which results
+ * in assigning unitialized extents to the file.
+ */
+#define ext4_ext_mark_uninitialized(ext)	((ext)->ee_len |= \
+							cpu_to_le16(0x8000))
+#define ext4_ext_is_uninitialized(ext)  	((le16_to_cpu((ext)->ee_len))& \
+									0x8000)
+#define ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ext)		((le16_to_cpu((ext)->ee_len))& \
+									0x7FFF)
+
+
+/*
  * to be called by ext4_ext_walk_space()
  * negative retcode - error
  * positive retcode - signal for ext4_ext_walk_space(), see below
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