Re: [RFC] Heads up on sys_fallocate()

From: Ulrich Drepper
Date: Mon Mar 05 2007 - 10:24:35 EST


JÃrn Engel wrote:
> Does the allocation have to be persistent beyond lifetime of the file
> descriptor?

Of course. You call posix_fallocate once for the lifetime of the file
when it is created to ensure that all future uses will work.

It seems your filesystem will not be able to support this unless
compression is turned off.

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