linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/7][TAKE5] support new modes in fallocate

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Message-ID: <20070712131334.GY31489@sgi.com>
Date:	Thu, 12 Jul 2007 23:13:34 +1000
From:	David Chinner <dgc@....com>
To:	Suparna Bhattacharya <suparna@...ibm.com>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	"Amit K. Arora" <aarora@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, adilger@...sterfs.com,
	David Chinner <dgc@....com>, cmm@...ibm.com, xfs@....sgi.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/7][TAKE5] support new modes in fallocate

On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 12:58:13PM +0530, Suparna Bhattacharya wrote:
> 
> Why don't we just merge the interface for preallocation (essentially
> enough to satisfy posix_fallocate() and the simple XFS requirement for 
> space reservation without changing file size), which there is clear agreement
> on (I hope :)).  After all, this was all that we set out to do when we
> started.
> 
> And leave all the dealloc/punch/hsm type features for separate future patches/
> debates, those really shouldn't hold up the basic fallocate interface.
> I agree with Christoph that we are just diverging too much in trying to
> club those decisions here.
> 
> Dave, Andreas, Ted ?

Sure. I'll just make XFS work with whatever it is that gets merged.

Cheers,

Dave.
-- 
Dave Chinner
Principal Engineer
SGI Australian Software Group
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