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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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mach-bigsmp [PATCH] x86: default to physical mode on hotplug CPU kernels 2007-05-02 19:27:04 +02:00
mach-default [PATCH] x86: default to physical mode on hotplug CPU kernels 2007-05-02 19:27:04 +02:00
mach-es7000 i386: es7000 build breakage fix 2007-07-06 10:23:43 -07:00
mach-generic [PATCH] x86: default to physical mode on hotplug CPU kernels 2007-05-02 19:27:04 +02:00
mach-numaq [PATCH] x86: default to physical mode on hotplug CPU kernels 2007-05-02 19:27:04 +02:00
mach-summit [PATCH] x86: Log reason why TSC was marked unstable 2007-05-02 19:27:08 +02:00
mach-visws [PATCH] x86: default to physical mode on hotplug CPU kernels 2007-05-02 19:27:04 +02:00
mach-voyager [PATCH] clockevents: i386 drivers 2007-02-16 08:13:59 -08:00
8253pit.h
a.out.h
acpi.h ACPI: cleanup: make disable_acpi() valid w/o CONFIG_ACPI 2007-02-13 00:09:13 -05:00
agp.h [AGPGART] Move [un]map_page_into_agp into asm/agp.h 2007-04-26 14:22:50 -04:00
alternative-asm.i Remove all inclusions of <linux/config.h> 2006-10-04 03:38:54 -04:00
alternative.h i386: work around miscompilation of alternatives code 2007-05-11 08:29:32 -07:00
apic.h [PATCH] i386: safe_apic_wait_icr_idle - i386 2007-05-02 19:27:17 +02:00
apicdef.h
arch_hooks.h IRQ: Maintain regs pointer globally rather than passing to IRQ handlers 2006-10-05 15:10:12 +01:00
atomic.h i386: fix early usage of atomic_add_return and local_add_return on real i386 2007-05-23 20:14:15 -07:00
auxvec.h
bitops.h Fix misspellings collected by members of KJ list. 2007-05-09 07:14:03 +02:00
boot.h include/asm-i386/boot.h: This is <asm/boot.h>, not <linux/boot.h> 2007-07-12 10:55:54 -07:00
bootparam.h Make struct boot_params a real structure, and remove obsolete fields 2007-07-12 10:55:54 -07:00
bug.h [PATCH] Generic BUG for i386 2006-12-08 08:28:39 -08:00
bugs.h [PATCH] x86: update for i386 and x86-64 check_bugs 2007-05-02 19:27:16 +02:00
byteorder.h
cache.h
cacheflush.h [PATCH] Optimize D-cache alias handling on fork 2006-12-13 09:27:08 -08:00
checksum.h [NET]: I386 checksum annotations and cleanups. 2006-12-02 21:23:19 -08:00
cmpxchg.h x86: create asm/cmpxchg.h 2007-05-08 11:15:20 -07:00
cpu.h [PATCH] i386: introduce the mechanism of disabling cpu hotplug control 2006-12-07 02:14:10 +01:00
cpufeature.h Use a new CPU feature word to cover features that are spread around 2007-07-12 10:55:54 -07:00
cputime.h
current.h [PATCH] i386: Convert PDA into the percpu section 2007-05-02 19:27:16 +02:00
debugreg.h
delay.h [PATCH] vmi: paravirt drop udelay op 2007-03-05 07:57:52 -08:00
desc.h [PATCH] i386: Page-align the GDT 2007-05-02 19:27:15 +02:00
device.h ACPI: Change ACPI to use dev_archdata instead of firmware_data 2006-12-01 14:52:01 -08:00
div64.h [NET]: div64_64 consolidate (rev3) 2007-04-25 22:23:33 -07:00
dma-mapping.h x86: Disable DAC on VIA bridges 2007-06-20 14:27:25 -07:00
dma.h
dmi.h
dwarf2.h
e820.h Make definitions for struct e820entry and struct e820map consistent 2007-07-12 10:55:54 -07:00
edac.h
elf.h i386: sched.h inclusion from module.h is baack 2007-05-08 11:15:08 -07:00
emergency-restart.h
errno.h
fb.h fbdev: detect primary display device 2007-07-17 10:23:11 -07:00
fcntl.h
fixmap.h serial: convert early_uart to earlycon for 8250 2007-07-16 09:05:35 -07:00
floppy.h IRQ: Maintain regs pointer globally rather than passing to IRQ handlers 2006-10-05 15:10:12 +01:00
frame.i Remove all inclusions of <linux/config.h> 2006-10-04 03:38:54 -04:00
futex.h [PATCH] mm: pagefault_{disable,enable}() 2006-12-07 08:39:21 -08:00
genapic.h [PATCH] x86: default to physical mode on hotplug CPU kernels 2007-05-02 19:27:04 +02:00
hardirq.h
highmem.h [PATCH] i386: PARAVIRT: add kmap_atomic_pte for mapping highpte pages 2007-05-02 19:27:15 +02:00
hpet.h [PATCH] x86: adjust inclusion of asm/fixmap.h 2007-05-02 19:27:04 +02:00
hw_irq.h [PATCH] i386/x86_64: Remove global IO_APIC_VECTOR 2006-10-08 12:24:02 -07:00
hypertransport.h [PATCH] Initial generic hypertransport interrupt support 2006-10-04 07:55:29 -07:00
i387.h [PATCH] i386: avoid redundant preempt_disable in __unlazy_fpu 2007-05-02 19:27:21 +02:00
i8253.h [PATCH] clockevents: i386 drivers 2007-02-16 08:13:59 -08:00
i8259.h
ide.h fix jvc cdrom drive lockup 2007-07-16 09:05:40 -07:00
intel_arch_perfmon.h
io_apic.h [PATCH] io_apic.h needs apicdef.h 2007-03-05 07:57:50 -08:00
io.h serial: convert early_uart to earlycon for 8250 2007-07-16 09:05:35 -07:00
ioctl.h
ioctls.h tty: i386/x86_64 arbitary speed support 2007-05-08 11:15:03 -07:00
ipc.h
ipcbuf.h
irq_regs.h [PATCH] i386: Convert PDA into the percpu section 2007-05-02 19:27:16 +02:00
irq.h [PATCH] x86: revert x86_64-mm-fix-the-irqbalance-quirk-for-e7320-e7520-e7525 2007-05-02 19:27:04 +02:00
irqflags.h [PATCH] i386: Use X86_EFLAGS_IF in irqflags.h. 2007-05-02 19:27:10 +02:00
ist.h
k8.h
Kbuild [PATCH] x86: Clean up x86 control register and MSR macros (corrected) 2007-05-02 19:27:12 +02:00
kdebug.h Revert "ipmi: add new IPMI nmi watchdog handling" 2007-05-14 15:24:24 -07:00
kexec.h kdump/kexec: calculate note size at compile time 2007-05-08 11:15:07 -07:00
kmap_types.h
kprobes.h
ldt.h
linkage.h
local.h i386: fix early usage of atomic_add_return and local_add_return on real i386 2007-05-23 20:14:15 -07:00
math_emu.h [PATCH] i386: PDA: Fix math emulator for new pt_regs 2006-12-07 02:14:03 +01:00
mc146818rtc.h
mca_dma.h [PATCH] kernel-doc for kernel/dma.c 2006-10-03 08:03:41 -07:00
mca.h
mce.h [PATCH] i386: Move mce_disabled to asm/mce.h 2007-02-13 13:26:26 +01:00
mman.h
mmu_context.h [PATCH] x86: PARAVIRT: add hooks to intercept mm creation and destruction 2007-05-02 19:27:14 +02:00
mmu.h
mmx.h
mmzone.h i386 mmzone: use __maybe_unused 2007-05-09 12:30:57 -07:00
module.h [PATCH] i386: Add an option for the VIA C7 which sets appropriate L1 cache 2007-05-02 19:27:05 +02:00
mpspec_def.h [PATCH] x86-64: remove remaining pc98 code 2006-12-07 02:14:19 +01:00
mpspec.h [PATCH] clockevents: i386 drivers 2007-02-16 08:13:59 -08:00
msgbuf.h
msidef.h [PATCH] genirq: i386 irq: Move msi message composition into io_apic.c 2006-10-04 07:55:28 -07:00
msr-index.h [PATCH] i386: Enable support for fixed-range IORRs to keep RdMem & WrMem in sync 2007-05-02 19:27:17 +02:00
msr.h i386: msr.h: be paranoid about types and parentheses 2007-05-09 12:49:33 -07:00
mtrr.h [PATCH] x86: Save the MTRRs of the BSP before booting an AP 2007-05-02 19:27:17 +02:00
mutex.h
namei.h
nmi.h [PATCH] i386: Clean up NMI watchdog code 2007-05-02 19:27:20 +02:00
numa.h
numaq.h
page.h Add __GFP_MOVABLE for callers to flag allocations from high memory that may be migrated 2007-07-17 10:22:59 -07:00
param.h [PATCH] cleanup asm/setup.h userspace visibility 2006-12-07 08:39:46 -08:00
paravirt.h fix nmi_watchdog=2 bootup hang 2007-06-25 14:54:52 -07:00
parport.h
pci-direct.h
pci.h PCI: remove pci_dac_dma_... APIs 2007-07-11 16:02:11 -07:00
percpu.h [PATCH] i386: Define per_cpu_offset 2007-05-02 19:27:16 +02:00
pgalloc.h SLUB: i386 support 2007-05-12 11:26:22 -07:00
pgtable-2level-defs.h [PATCH] i386: PARAVIRT: Allow paravirt backend to choose kernel PMD sharing 2007-05-02 19:27:13 +02:00
pgtable-2level.h page table handling cleanup 2007-07-16 09:05:36 -07:00
pgtable-3level-defs.h [PATCH] i386: PARAVIRT: Allow paravirt backend to choose kernel PMD sharing 2007-05-02 19:27:13 +02:00
pgtable-3level.h page table handling cleanup 2007-07-16 09:05:36 -07:00
pgtable.h mm: remove ptep_test_and_clear_dirty and ptep_clear_flush_dirty 2007-07-17 10:22:59 -07:00
poll.h Consolidate asm/poll.h 2007-05-11 08:29:34 -07:00
posix_types.h
processor-flags.h [PATCH] x86: Clean up x86 control register and MSR macros (corrected) 2007-05-02 19:27:12 +02:00
processor.h make seccomp zerocost in schedule 2007-07-16 09:05:50 -07:00
ptrace-abi.h
ptrace.h [PATCH] i386: Profile pc badness 2007-02-13 13:26:21 +01:00
reboot_fixups.h [PATCH] i386: clean up mach_reboot_fixups 2007-05-02 19:27:06 +02:00
reboot.h [PATCH] i386: Add machine_ops interface to abstract halting and rebooting 2007-05-02 19:27:11 +02:00
required-features.h Use a new CPU feature word to cover features that are spread around 2007-07-12 10:55:54 -07:00
resource.h
rtc.h
rwlock.h
rwsem.h [PATCH] lockdep: name some old style locks 2006-12-07 08:39:36 -08:00
scatterlist.h PCI: scatterlist.h needs types.h 2007-05-02 19:02:34 -07:00
seccomp.h
sections.h
segment.h [PATCH] i386: Fix UP gdt bugs 2007-05-02 19:27:16 +02:00
semaphore.h
sembuf.h
serial.h x86, serial: convert legacy COM ports to platform devices 2007-05-08 11:15:23 -07:00
setup.h Make struct boot_params a real structure, and remove obsolete fields 2007-07-12 10:55:54 -07:00
shmbuf.h
shmparam.h
sigcontext.h
siginfo.h
signal.h
smp.h Use the APIC to determine the hardware processor id - i386 2007-05-09 12:30:48 -07:00
socket.h [NET]: Adding SO_TIMESTAMPNS / SCM_TIMESTAMPNS support 2007-04-25 22:24:21 -07:00
sockios.h [NET]: Introduce SIOCGSTAMPNS ioctl to get timestamps with nanosec resolution 2007-04-25 22:24:04 -07:00
sparsemem.h
spinlock_types.h [PATCH] Remove 'volatile' from spinlock_types 2006-12-06 14:39:53 -08:00
spinlock.h [PATCH] paravirt: Patch inline replacements for paravirt intercepts 2006-12-07 02:14:08 +01:00
srat.h
stacktrace.h
stat.h
statfs.h
string.h
suspend.h Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://one.firstfloor.org/home/andi/git/linux-2.6 2006-12-07 08:59:11 -08:00
sync_bitops.h Fix misspellings collected by members of KJ list. 2007-05-09 07:14:03 +02:00
system.h x86: create asm/cmpxchg.h 2007-05-08 11:15:20 -07:00
termbits.h tty: i386/x86_64 arbitary speed support 2007-05-08 11:15:03 -07:00
termios.h tty: i386/x86_64 arbitary speed support 2007-05-08 11:15:03 -07:00
therm_throt.h
thread_info.h make seccomp zerocost in schedule 2007-07-16 09:05:50 -07:00
time.h [PATCH] vmi: pit override 2007-03-05 07:57:52 -08:00
timer.h [PATCH] i386: pit_latch_buggy has no effect 2007-05-02 19:27:05 +02:00
timex.h
tlb.h
tlbflush.h Detach sched.h from mm.h 2007-05-21 09:18:19 -07:00
topology.h [PATCH] sched: remove SMT nice 2007-03-05 07:57:51 -08:00
tsc.h i386: work around miscompilation of alternatives code 2007-05-11 08:29:32 -07:00
types.h [PATCH] Centralise definitions of sector_t and blkcnt_t 2006-12-04 19:41:15 -08:00
uaccess.h [PATCH] i386: Update __copy_to_user_inatomic linuxdoc description 2007-05-02 19:27:06 +02:00
ucontext.h
unaligned.h
unistd.h sys_fallocate() implementation on i386, x86_64 and powerpc 2007-07-17 21:42:44 -04:00
unwind.h Remove stack unwinder for now 2006-12-15 08:47:51 -08:00
user.h
vga.h
vic.h [VOYAGER] fix up ptregs removal mess 2006-10-12 22:25:03 -05:00
vm86.h [PATCH] i386: Update sys_vm86 to cope with changed pt_regs and %gs usage 2006-12-07 02:14:03 +01:00
vmi_time.h [PATCH] i386: Convert VMI timer to use clock events 2007-05-02 19:27:16 +02:00
vmi.h [PATCH] vmi: apic ops 2007-03-05 07:57:52 -08:00
voyager.h [VOYAGER] Convert the monitor thread to use the kthread API 2007-05-01 10:09:29 -05:00
xor.h