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From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: "David Prévot" <taffit-8fiUuRrzOP0dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
Cc: linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fallocate.2: ffix
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 07:42:09 +1300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAKgNAkg2CL1JKrnPArTfr=vO0K4VebE01JVsn7e-MgUc_Fjhiw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1330398866-16965-1-git-send-email-taffit-8fiUuRrzOP0dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>

Thanks David. Applied for 3.38.

On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 4:14 PM, David Prévot <taffit-8fiUuRrzOP0dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> ---
>  man2/fallocate.2 |    4 ++--
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/man2/fallocate.2 b/man2/fallocate.2
> index 9fe0620..2f84c91 100644
> --- a/man2/fallocate.2
> +++ b/man2/fallocate.2
> @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ and
>  The file size (as reported by
>  .BR stat (2))
>  will be changed if
> -.I "offset + len"
> +.IR offset + len
>  is greater than the file size.
>  This default behavior closely resembles the behavior of the
>  .BR posix_fallocate (3)
> @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ flag is specified in
>  .IR mode ,
>  the behavior of the call is similar,
>  but the file size will not be changed even if
> -.I "offset + len"
> +.IR offset + len
>  is greater than the file size.
>  Preallocating zeroed blocks beyond the end of the file in this manner
>  is useful for optimizing append workloads.
> --
> 1.7.9.1
>



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  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-03-19 18:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-02-28  3:14 [PATCH] fallocate.2: ffix David Prévot
     [not found] ` <1330398866-16965-1-git-send-email-taffit-8fiUuRrzOP0dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2012-03-19 18:42   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) [this message]
2014-04-27 21:52 Simon Paillard
     [not found] ` <1398635545-12432-1-git-send-email-spaillard-8fiUuRrzOP0dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2014-04-28  7:39   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2014-05-18 16:28 Simon Paillard
     [not found] ` <1400430482-25427-1-git-send-email-spaillard-8fiUuRrzOP0dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2014-05-19  4:51   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)

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