linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5][TAKE8] manpage for fallocate

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Message-ID: <20070719053156.GF32734@ca-server1.us.oracle.com>
Date:	Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:31:56 -0700
From:	Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@...cle.com>
To:	David Chinner <dgc@....com>
Cc:	"Amit K. Arora" <aarora@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, xfs@....sgi.com, tytso@....edu,
	cmm@...ibm.com, suparna@...ibm.com, adilger@...sterfs.com,
	michael.kerrisk@....net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5][TAKE8] manpage for fallocate

On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 03:10:52PM +1000, David Chinner wrote:
> % git-log 84e1e99f112dead8f9ba036c02d24a9f5ce7f544 |head -10
> commit 84e1e99f112dead8f9ba036c02d24a9f5ce7f544
> Author: David Chinner <dgc@....com>
> Date:   Mon Jun 18 16:50:27 2007 +1000
> 
>     [XFS] Prevent ENOSPC from aborting transactions that need to succeed
> 
>     During delayed allocation extent conversion or unwritten extent
>     conversion, we need to reserve some blocks for transactions reservations.
>     We need to reserve these blocks in case a btree split occurs and we need
>     to allocate some blocks.
> 
> ------
> 
> IOWs, XFS didn't provide this guarantee until about a month ago....

Ok, once again XFS is ahead of the curve ;)

Comment rescinded then...
	--Mark

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Mark Fasheh
Senior Software Developer, Oracle
mark.fasheh@...cle.com
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