From 28016128d37a46d89ac5d9a450709284148989d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Namjae Jeon Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 14:59:49 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt: update the limitation for fat fallocate Update the limitation for fat fallocate. Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon Signed-off-by: Amit Sahrawat Cc: OGAWA Hirofumi Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt index ce1126aceed8..223c32171dcc 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 : 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