Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:31:56 -0700 | From | Mark Fasheh <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/5][TAKE8] manpage for fallocate |
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On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 03:10:52PM +1000, David Chinner wrote: > % git-log 84e1e99f112dead8f9ba036c02d24a9f5ce7f544 |head -10 > commit 84e1e99f112dead8f9ba036c02d24a9f5ce7f544 > Author: David Chinner <dgc@sgi.com> > Date: Mon Jun 18 16:50:27 2007 +1000 > > [XFS] Prevent ENOSPC from aborting transactions that need to succeed > > During delayed allocation extent conversion or unwritten extent > conversion, we need to reserve some blocks for transactions reservations. > We need to reserve these blocks in case a btree split occurs and we need > to allocate some blocks. > > ------ > > IOWs, XFS didn't provide this guarantee until about a month ago....
Ok, once again XFS is ahead of the curve ;)
Comment rescinded then... --Mark
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