linux-kernel - Re: [Patch] tmpfs: add fallocate support

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.02.1111160911320.2446@tux.localdomain>
Date:	Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:12:10 +0200 (EET)
From:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
To:	Cong Wang <amwang@...hat.com>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	kay.sievers@...y.org
Subject: Re: [Patch] tmpfs: add fallocate support

On Wed, 16 Nov 2011, Cong Wang wrote:
>> What's the use case for this?
>
> Systemd needs it, see http://lkml.org/lkml/2011/10/20/275.
> I am adding Kay into Cc.

The post doesn't mention why it needs it, though.

 			Pekka
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