linux-kernel - Re: O_DIRECT question

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Message-ID: <45A9336E.3050807@tmr.com>
Date:	Sat, 13 Jan 2007 14:30:54 -0500
From:	Bill Davidsen <davidsen@....com>
To:	7eggert@....de,
	Linux Kernel mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: O_DIRECT question

Bodo Eggert wrote:

> (*) This would allow fadvise_size(), too, which could reduce fragmentation
>     (and give an early warning on full disks) without forcing e.g. fat to
>     zero all blocks. OTOH, fadvise_size() would allow users to reserve the
>     complete disk space without his filesizes reflecting this.

Please clarify how this would interact with quota, and why it wouldn't 
allow someone to run me out of disk.

-- 
bill davidsen <davidsen@....com>
   CTO TMR Associates, Inc
   Doing interesting things with small computers since 1979
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