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Amit Arora 97ac73506c sys_fallocate() implementation on i386, x86_64 and powerpc 
fallocate() is a new system call being proposed here which will allow
applications to preallocate space to any file(s) in a file system.
Each file system implementation that wants to use this feature will need
to support an inode operation called ->fallocate().
Applications can use this feature to avoid fragmentation to certain
level and thus get faster access speed. With preallocation, applications
also get a guarantee of space for particular file(s) - even if later the
the system becomes full.

Currently, glibc provides an interface called posix_fallocate() which
can be used for similar cause. Though this has the advantage of working
on all file systems, but it is quite slow (since it writes zeroes to
each block that has to be preallocated). Without a doubt, file systems
can do this more efficiently within the kernel, by implementing
the proposed fallocate() system call. It is expected that
posix_fallocate() will be modified to call this new system call first
and incase the kernel/filesystem does not implement it, it should fall
back to the current implementation of writing zeroes to the new blocks.
ToDos:
1. Implementation on other architectures (other than i386, x86_64,
   and ppc). Patches for s390(x) and ia64 are already available from
   previous posts, but it was decided that they should be added later
   once fallocate is in the mainline. Hence not including those patches
   in this take.
2. Changes to glibc,
   a) to support fallocate() system call
   b) to make posix_fallocate() and posix_fallocate64() call fallocate()

Signed-off-by: Amit Arora <aarora@in.ibm.com>
 		2007-07-17 21:42:44 -04:00
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9p 9p: fix debug compilation error 2007-07-16 16:03:25 -05:00
adfs sendfile: remove .sendfile from filesystems that use generic_file_sendfile() 2007-07-10 08:04:13 +02:00
affs sendfile: remove .sendfile from filesystems that use generic_file_sendfile() 2007-07-10 08:04:13 +02:00
afs AFS: drop explicit extern 2007-07-16 09:05:43 -07:00
autofs Replace pid_t in autofs with struct pid reference 2007-05-11 08:29:36 -07:00
autofs4 Fix some coding-style errors in autofs 2007-05-11 08:29:36 -07:00
befs Remove SLAB_CTOR_CONSTRUCTOR 2007-05-17 05:23:04 -07:00
bfs sendfile: remove .sendfile from filesystems that use generic_file_sendfile() 2007-07-10 08:04:13 +02:00
cifs knfsd: exportfs: add exportfs.h header 2007-07-17 10:23:06 -07:00
coda wrong order of arguments of ->readdir() 2007-07-15 16:40:51 -07:00
configfs configfs: config item dependancies. 2007-07-10 17:18:59 -07:00
cramfs mm: make read_cache_page synchronous 2007-05-07 12:12:51 -07:00
debugfs debugfs: add rename for debugfs files 2007-07-11 16:09:00 -07:00
devpts devpts: add fsnotify create event 2007-05-08 11:14:59 -07:00
dlm configfs: Convert subsystem semaphore to mutex 2007-07-10 17:10:56 -07:00
ecryptfs Couple fixes to fs/ecryptfs/inode.c 2007-07-17 10:23:08 -07:00
efs knfsd: exportfs: remove iget abuse 2007-07-17 10:23:06 -07:00
exportfs knfsd: exportfs: split out reconnecting a dentry from find_exported_dentry 2007-07-17 10:23:06 -07:00
ext2 Introduce is_owner_or_cap() to wrap CAP_FOWNER use with fsuid check 2007-07-17 12:00:03 -07:00
ext3 Introduce is_owner_or_cap() to wrap CAP_FOWNER use with fsuid check 2007-07-17 12:00:03 -07:00
ext4 Introduce is_owner_or_cap() to wrap CAP_FOWNER use with fsuid check 2007-07-17 12:00:03 -07:00
fat knfsd: exportfs: add exportfs.h header 2007-07-17 10:23:06 -07:00
freevxfs vxfs warning fixes 2007-07-16 09:05:41 -07:00
fuse sendfile: remove .sendfile from filesystems that use generic_file_sendfile() 2007-07-10 08:04:13 +02:00
gfs2 Introduce is_owner_or_cap() to wrap CAP_FOWNER use with fsuid check 2007-07-17 12:00:03 -07:00
hfs sendfile: remove .sendfile from filesystems that use generic_file_sendfile() 2007-07-10 08:04:13 +02:00
hfsplus Introduce is_owner_or_cap() to wrap CAP_FOWNER use with fsuid check 2007-07-17 12:00:03 -07:00
hostfs sendfile: remove .sendfile from filesystems that use generic_file_sendfile() 2007-07-10 08:04:13 +02:00
hpfs sendfile: remove .sendfile from filesystems that use generic_file_sendfile() 2007-07-10 08:04:13 +02:00
hppfs [PATCH] Mark struct super_operations const 2007-02-12 09:48:47 -08:00
hugetlbfs hugetlbfs: handle empty options string 2007-07-16 09:05:46 -07:00
isofs knfsd: exportfs: add exportfs.h header 2007-07-17 10:23:06 -07:00
jbd is_power_of_2(): jbd 2007-07-16 09:05:48 -07:00
jbd2 is_power_of_2(): jbd 2007-07-16 09:05:48 -07:00
jffs2 Introduce is_owner_or_cap() to wrap CAP_FOWNER use with fsuid check 2007-07-17 12:00:03 -07:00
jfs Introduce is_owner_or_cap() to wrap CAP_FOWNER use with fsuid check 2007-07-17 12:00:03 -07:00
lockd knfsd: lockd: nfsd4: use same grace period for lockd and nfsd4 2007-07-17 10:23:07 -07:00
minix sendfile: remove .sendfile from filesystems that use generic_file_sendfile() 2007-07-10 08:04:13 +02:00
msdos [PATCH] mark struct inode_operations const 2 2007-02-12 09:48:46 -08:00
ncpfs Only send SIGXFSZ when exceeding rlimits. 2007-07-16 09:05:43 -07:00
nfs Freezer: make kernel threads nonfreezable by default 2007-07-17 10:23:02 -07:00
nfs_common [PATCH] nfs_common endianness annotations 2006-10-20 10:26:41 -07:00
nfsd knfsd: nfsd: enforce per-flavor id squashing 2007-07-17 10:23:08 -07:00
nls NLS: Remove obsolete Makefile entries 2007-07-16 09:05:52 -07:00
ntfs knfsd: exportfs: add exportfs.h header 2007-07-17 10:23:06 -07:00
ocfs2 Merge branch 'uninit-var' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/misc-2.6 2007-07-17 15:19:06 -07:00
openpromfs Remove SLAB_CTOR_CONSTRUCTOR 2007-05-17 05:23:04 -07:00
partitions Fix LDM for new field in the VOL5 VBLK. 2007-07-16 12:01:30 -07:00
proc kallsyms: make KSYM_NAME_LEN include space for trailing '\0' 2007-07-17 10:23:03 -07:00
qnx4 sendfile: remove .sendfile from filesystems that use generic_file_sendfile() 2007-07-10 08:04:13 +02:00
ramfs Add __GFP_MOVABLE for callers to flag allocations from high memory that may be migrated 2007-07-17 10:22:59 -07:00
reiserfs Introduce is_owner_or_cap() to wrap CAP_FOWNER use with fsuid check 2007-07-17 12:00:03 -07:00
romfs Remove SLAB_CTOR_CONSTRUCTOR 2007-05-17 05:23:04 -07:00
smbfs sendfile: remove .sendfile from filesystems that use generic_file_sendfile() 2007-07-10 08:04:13 +02:00
sysfs sysfs: add parameter "struct bin_attribute *" in .read/.write methods for sysfs binary attributes 2007-07-11 16:09:09 -07:00
sysv sendfile: remove .sendfile from filesystems that use generic_file_sendfile() 2007-07-10 08:04:13 +02:00
udf arch/i386/* fs/* ipc/*: mark variables with uninitialized_var() 2007-07-17 16:23:19 -04:00
ufs is_power_of_2: ufs/super.c 2007-07-16 09:05:50 -07:00
vfat [PATCH] mark struct inode_operations const 3 2007-02-12 09:48:46 -08:00
xfs knfsd: exportfs: add exportfs.h header 2007-07-17 10:23:06 -07:00
Kconfig knfsd: nfsd4: build rpcsec_gss whenever nfsd4 is built 2007-07-17 10:23:07 -07:00
Kconfig.binfmt fs: Kill sh dependency for binfmt_flat. 2007-05-21 14:34:00 +09:00
Makefile signal/timer/event: eventfd core 2007-05-11 08:29:36 -07:00
aio.c signal/timer/event: KAIO eventfd support example 2007-05-11 08:29:37 -07:00
anon_inodes.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/avi/kvm 2007-07-17 11:50:26 -07:00
attr.c Introduce is_owner_or_cap() to wrap CAP_FOWNER use with fsuid check 2007-07-17 12:00:03 -07:00
bad_inode.c sendfile: remove bad_sendfile() from bad_file_ops 2007-07-10 08:04:15 +02:00
binfmt_aout.c [PATCH] VFS: change struct file to use struct path 2006-12-08 08:28:41 -08:00
binfmt_elf.c binfmt_elf warning fix 2007-07-16 09:05:47 -07:00
binfmt_elf_fdpic.c header cleaning: don't include smp_lock.h when not used 2007-05-08 11:15:07 -07:00
binfmt_em86.c header cleaning: don't include smp_lock.h when not used 2007-05-08 11:15:07 -07:00
binfmt_flat.c nommu: report correct errno in message 2007-06-08 17:23:32 -07:00
binfmt_misc.c Detach sched.h from mm.h 2007-05-21 09:18:19 -07:00
binfmt_script.c header cleaning: don't include smp_lock.h when not used 2007-05-08 11:15:07 -07:00
binfmt_som.c [PARISC] Fix fs/binfmt_som.c 2006-10-04 06:51:26 -06:00
bio.c unexport bio_{,un}map_user 2007-07-10 08:03:34 +02:00
block_dev.c bd_claim_by_disk: fix warning 2007-07-16 09:05:50 -07:00
buffer.c fs: introduce some page/buffer invariants 2007-07-17 10:23:02 -07:00
char_dev.c [PATCH] remove protection of LANANA-reserved majors 2007-04-04 21:12:47 -07:00
compat.c optimize compat_core_sys_select() by a using stack space for small fd sets 2007-05-23 20:14:12 -07:00
compat_ioctl.c compat32: ignore the LOOP_CLR_FD ioctl 2007-07-16 09:05:52 -07:00
dcache.c mm: clean up and kernelify shrinker registration 2007-07-17 10:23:00 -07:00
dcookies.c [PATCH] slab: remove kmem_cache_t 2006-12-07 08:39:25 -08:00
direct-io.c dio: remove bogus refcounting BUG_ON 2007-07-03 18:23:23 -07:00
dnotify.c [PATCH] VFS: change struct file to use struct path 2006-12-08 08:28:41 -08:00
dquot.c mm: clean up and kernelify shrinker registration 2007-07-17 10:23:00 -07:00
drop_caches.c invalidate_mapping_pages(): add cond_resched 2007-07-16 09:05:36 -07:00
eventfd.c eventfd use waitqueue lock ... 2007-05-18 13:09:34 -07:00
eventpoll.c epoll: move kfree inside ep_free 2007-05-15 08:54:00 -07:00
exec.c uselib: add missing MNT_NOEXEC check 2007-05-23 20:14:13 -07:00
fcntl.c Introduce is_owner_or_cap() to wrap CAP_FOWNER use with fsuid check 2007-07-17 12:00:03 -07:00
fifo.c Detach sched.h from mm.h 2007-05-21 09:18:19 -07:00
file.c [PATCH] fdtable: Provide free_fdtable() wrapper 2006-12-22 08:55:50 -08:00
file_table.c header cleaning: don't include smp_lock.h when not used 2007-05-08 11:15:07 -07:00
filesystems.c add filesystem subtype support 2007-05-08 11:15:01 -07:00
fs-writeback.c Write back inode data pages even when the inode itself is locked 2007-01-26 12:53:20 -08:00
generic_acl.c Introduce is_owner_or_cap() to wrap CAP_FOWNER use with fsuid check 2007-07-17 12:00:03 -07:00
inode.c mm: clean up and kernelify shrinker registration 2007-07-17 10:23:00 -07:00
inotify.c Introduce a handy list_first_entry macro 2007-05-08 11:15:11 -07:00
inotify_user.c [PATCH] inotify: read return val fix 2007-02-12 09:48:28 -08:00
internal.h cleanup compat ioctl handling 2007-05-08 11:15:09 -07:00
ioctl.c drop obsolete sys_ioctl export 2007-07-16 09:05:48 -07:00
ioprio.c [PATCH] pid: replace do/while_each_task_pid with do/while_each_pid_task 2007-02-12 09:48:32 -08:00
libfs.c fs/libfs.c: >80 columns line break fix 2007-05-09 06:44:57 +02:00
locks.c Remove SLAB_CTOR_CONSTRUCTOR 2007-05-17 05:23:04 -07:00
mbcache.c mm: clean up and kernelify shrinker registration 2007-07-17 10:23:00 -07:00
mpage.c consolidate generic_writepages and mpage_writepages 2007-05-11 08:29:35 -07:00
namei.c Introduce is_owner_or_cap() to wrap CAP_FOWNER use with fsuid check 2007-07-17 12:00:03 -07:00
namespace.c fs/namespace.c should #include "internal.h" 2007-07-16 09:05:50 -07:00
nfsctl.c
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no-block.c
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open.c sys_fallocate() implementation on i386, x86_64 and powerpc 2007-07-17 21:42:44 -04:00
pipe.c pipe: add documentation and comments 2007-07-10 08:04:16 +02:00
pnode.c Introduce a handy list_first_entry macro 2007-05-08 11:15:11 -07:00
pnode.h [PATCH] rename struct namespace to struct mnt_namespace 2006-12-08 08:28:51 -08:00
posix_acl.c
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quota.c diskquota: 32bit quota tools on 64bit architectures 2007-07-16 09:05:48 -07:00
quota_v1.c
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quota_v2.c
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read_write.c Remove remnants of sendfile() 2007-07-10 08:04:15 +02:00
read_write.h
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readdir.c ROUND_UP macro cleanup in fs/(select|compat|readdir).c 2007-05-08 11:15:09 -07:00
select.c Style fix in fs/select.c 2007-05-09 07:10:02 +02:00
seq_file.c seq_file: more atomicity in traverse() 2007-07-16 09:05:45 -07:00
signalfd.c avoid spurious POLLIN returns in signalfd 2007-06-28 11:34:54 -07:00
splice.c splice: direct splicing updates ppos twice 2007-07-16 15:02:48 +02:00
stack.c [PATCH] fs/stack.c: Copy i_nlink after all other attributes are copied 2007-02-19 14:21:50 -08:00
stat.c header cleaning: don't include smp_lock.h when not used 2007-05-08 11:15:07 -07:00
super.c hugetlbfs: handle empty options string 2007-07-16 09:05:46 -07:00
sync.c Introduce fixed sys_sync_file_range2() syscall, implement on PowerPC and ARM 2007-06-28 11:38:30 -07:00
timerfd.c timerfd use waitqueue lock ... 2007-05-18 13:09:34 -07:00
utimes.c Introduce is_owner_or_cap() to wrap CAP_FOWNER use with fsuid check 2007-07-17 12:00:03 -07:00
xattr.c Introduce is_owner_or_cap() to wrap CAP_FOWNER use with fsuid check 2007-07-17 12:00:03 -07:00
xattr_acl.c [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00