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    SubjectRe: [RFC] Heads up on sys_fallocate()
    On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 05:29:15PM -0600, Eric Sandeen wrote:
    > Amit K. Arora wrote:
    >
    > Might want more error checking in there, something like (rough cut)...
    > (or is some of this glibc's job?)

    Yeah, we need to have this checks. We can't rely on userspace not
    passing arguments that might corrupt your filesystem or let you
    escalate privilegues.

    > which would keep things in line with posix_fallocate's specified errors,
    > too?

    Yes, very good idea.

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