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* [PATCH v7 4/4] Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt: update the limitation for fat fallocate
@ 2014-11-12 23:41 Namjae Jeon
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From: Namjae Jeon @ 2014-11-12 23:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: OGAWA Hirofumi, Andrew Morton; +Cc: linux-fsdevel

Update the limitation for fat fallocate.

Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon <namjae.jeon@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Amit Sahrawat <a.sahrawat@samsung.com>
---
 Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt
index ce1126a..223c321 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt
@@ -180,6 +180,16 @@ dos1xfloppy  -- If set, use a fallback default BIOS Parameter Block
 
 <bool>: 0,1,yes,no,true,false
 
+LIMITATION
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+* The fallocated region of file is discarded at umount/evict time
+  when using fallocate with FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE.
+  So, User should assume that fallocated region can be discarded at
+  last close if there is memory pressure resulting in eviction of
+  the inode from the memory. As a result, for any dependency on
+  the fallocated region, user should make sure to recheck fallocate
+  after reopening the file.
+
 TODO
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Need to get rid of the raw scanning stuff.  Instead, always use
-- 
1.7.11-rc0


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