Re: [PATCH] fs/compat_ioctl.c: add missing FS_IOC_FIEMAP support

[Mark Lord]

Mark Lord wrote:
..
> Since FIBMAP itself is b0rked on ext4, this leaves no way for a 32-bit
..

To stave off the inevitable question, FIBMAP doesn't appear to cope well
with allocated/uncommitted blocks.  Creating a file with fallocate(),
and then immediately running FIBMAP, will not give any allocation data.

Doing a sync() after the fallocate() allows FIBMAP to work again.

FIEMAP doesn't require the sync().

Cheers
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