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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] fat: editions to support fat_fallocate()
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2012/10/23, OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>:
> Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@gmail.com> writes:
>
>>> Does this break the linux fat driver doesn't know about this
>>> fallocate()? If so, it sounds like to be easy to break existent
>>> drivers.
>> Yes, it will break linux drivers without fallocate support. When we
>> try to write to fallocated file using old drivers, it will cause write
>> error and make FS read-only.
>> When fallocate was implemented in other filesystem, maybe,, was there
>> similar issue and concern ?
>
> I guess it is not similar. Because other FS can change the spec (e.g. it
> can be possible to use feature compat flag for it).
Hi. OGAWA.
Okay, I agree.
Thanks for your interest.

> --
> OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>
>


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