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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 4/6] Ext4: fail if we try to use hole punch
    On 15/11/10 17:05, Josef Bacik wrote:
    > Ext4 doesn't have the ability to punch holes yet, so make sure we return
    > EOPNOTSUPP if we try to use hole punching through fallocate. This support can
    > be added later. Thanks,
    >
    > Signed-off-by: Josef Bacik <josef@redhat.com>
    > ---
    > fs/ext4/extents.c | 4 ++++
    > 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
    >
    > diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
    > index 0554c48..35bca73 100644
    > --- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
    > +++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
    > @@ -3622,6 +3622,10 @@ long ext4_fallocate(struct inode *inode, int mode, loff_t offset, loff_t len)
    > struct ext4_map_blocks map;
    > unsigned int credits, blkbits = inode->i_blkbits;
    >
    > + /* We only support the FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE mode */
    > + if (mode && (mode != FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE))
    > + return -EOPNOTSUPP;
    > +
    > /*
    > * currently supporting (pre)allocate mode for extent-based
    > * files _only_

    So for older versions of ext4 or other filesystems, how do we know
    that fallocate(...,FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE) is not supported.
    I.E. how do we detect at runtime that the call succeeded
    and didn't just do a normal fallocate()?

    cheers,
    Pádraig.
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