linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 1/1] ext4: add FALLOC_FL_ALLOCATE

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Message-ID: <20250715123454.GD74698@mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2025 08:34:54 -0400
From: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To: chuguangqing <chuguangqing@...pur.com>
Cc: Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] ext4: add FALLOC_FL_ALLOCATE_RANGE to supported
 flags mask

On Tue, Jul 15, 2025 at 02:45:18PM +0800, chuguangqing wrote:
> Note that since FALLOC_FL_ALLOCATE_RANGE is defined as 0x00, this addition
> has no functional modifications.
> 
> Signed-off-by: chuguangqing <chuguangqing@...pur.com>

I'll note that this isn't something which any of the other file
systems (btrfs, xfs, etc.) is doing.

				- Ted