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authorNamjae Jeon <namjae.jeon@samsung.com>2015-03-25 15:07:05 +1100
committerDave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>2015-03-25 15:07:05 +1100
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fs: Add support FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE for fallocate
FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE command is the opposite command of FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE that is needed for someone who wants to add some data in the middle of file. FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE will create space for writing new data within a file after shifting extents to right as given length. This command also has same limitations as FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE in that operations need to be filesystem block boundary aligned and cannot cross the current EOF. Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon <namjae.jeon@samsung.com> Signed-off-by: Ashish Sangwan <a.sangwan@samsung.com> Reviewed-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
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-rw-r--r--include/uapi/linux/falloc.h17
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/falloc.h b/include/uapi/linux/falloc.h
index d1197ae3723c..3e445a760f14 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/falloc.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/falloc.h
@@ -41,4 +41,21 @@
*/
#define FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE 0x10
+/*
+ * FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE is use to insert space within the file size without
+ * overwriting any existing data. The contents of the file beyond offset are
+ * shifted towards right by len bytes to create a hole. As such, this
+ * operation will increase the size of the file by len bytes.
+ *
+ * Different filesystems may implement different limitations on the granularity
+ * of the operation. Most will limit operations to filesystem block size
+ * boundaries, but this boundary may be larger or smaller depending on
+ * the filesystem and/or the configuration of the filesystem or file.
+ *
+ * Attempting to insert space using this flag at OR beyond the end of
+ * the file is considered an illegal operation - just use ftruncate(2) or
+ * fallocate(2) with mode 0 for such type of operations.
+ */
+#define FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE 0x20
+
#endif /* _UAPI_FALLOC_H_ */