kernel_optimize_test/fs
Ulrich Drepper 0d786d4a27 fallocate syscall interface deficiency
The fallocate syscall returns ENOSYS in case the filesystem does not support
the operation and expects the userlevel code to fill in.  This is good in
concept.

The problem is that the libc code for old kernels should be able to
distinguish the case where the syscall is not at all available vs not
functioning for a specific mount point.  As is this is not possible and we
always have to invoke the syscall even if the kernel doesn't support it.

I suggest the following patch.  Using EOPNOTSUPP is IMO the right thing to do.

Cc: Amit Arora <aarora@in.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-24 12:24:58 -07:00
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9p 9p: fix debug compilation error 2007-07-16 16:03:25 -05:00
adfs mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
affs mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
afs AFS: Use patched rxrpc_kernel_send_data() correctly 2007-07-20 08:54:14 -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 mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
bfs mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
cifs mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
coda coda: remove CODA_STORE/CODA_RELEASE upcalls 2007-07-21 17:49:14 -07:00
configfs mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
cramfs mm: make read_cache_page synchronous 2007-05-07 12:12:51 -07:00
debugfs debugfs: remove rmdir() non-empty complaint 2007-07-18 15:49:48 -07:00
devpts devpts: add fsnotify create event 2007-05-08 11:14:59 -07:00
dlm mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
ecryptfs fix some conversion overflows 2007-07-20 08:44:19 -07:00
efs mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
exportfs knfsd: exportfs: split out reconnecting a dentry from find_exported_dentry 2007-07-17 10:23:06 -07:00
ext2 mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
ext3 mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
ext4 mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
fat mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
freevxfs mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
fuse mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
gfs2 mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
hfs mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
hfsplus mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
hostfs sendfile: remove .sendfile from filesystems that use generic_file_sendfile() 2007-07-10 08:04:13 +02:00
hpfs mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
hppfs
hugetlbfs mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
isofs mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
jbd mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
jbd2 mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
jffs2 mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
jfs mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
lockd knfsd: lockd: nfsd4: use same grace period for lockd and nfsd4 2007-07-17 10:23:07 -07:00
minix mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
msdos
ncpfs mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
nfs fix broken handling of port=... in NFS option parsing 2007-07-22 11:15:18 -07:00
nfs_common
nfsd knfsd: fix typo in export display, print uid and gid as unsigned 2007-07-21 17:49:14 -07:00
nls NLS: Remove obsolete Makefile entries 2007-07-16 09:05:52 -07:00
ntfs mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
ocfs2 fix some conversion overflows 2007-07-20 08:44:19 -07:00
openpromfs mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
partitions some kmalloc/memset ->kzalloc (tree wide) 2007-07-19 10:04:50 -07:00
proc x86_64: Avoid too many remote cpu references due to /proc/stat 2007-07-21 18:37:09 -07:00
qnx4 mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
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 mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
romfs mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
smbfs mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
sysfs mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
sysv mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
udf UDF: coding style conversion - lindent fixups 2007-07-21 17:49:14 -07:00
ufs mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
vfat
xfs mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
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
binfmt_elf_fdpic.c coredump masking: ELF-FDPIC: enable core dump filtering 2007-07-19 10:04:47 -07:00
binfmt_elf.c revert "PIE randomization" 2007-07-21 17:49:14 -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 mm: variable length argument support 2007-07-19 10:04:45 -07:00
binfmt_script.c mm: variable length argument support 2007-07-19 10:04:45 -07:00
binfmt_som.c
bio.c mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
block_dev.c mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
buffer.c fix some conversion overflows 2007-07-20 08:44:19 -07:00
char_dev.c unregister_chrdev() return void 2007-07-19 10:04:43 -07:00
compat_ioctl.c compat32: ignore the LOOP_CLR_FD ioctl 2007-07-16 09:05:52 -07:00
compat.c mm: variable length argument support 2007-07-19 10:04:45 -07:00
dcache.c mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
dcookies.c mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
direct-io.c dio: remove bogus refcounting BUG_ON 2007-07-03 18:23:23 -07:00
dnotify.c mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
dquot.c mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
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 mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
exec.c coredump masking: reimplementation of dumpable using two flags 2007-07-19 10:04:46 -07:00
fcntl.c mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
fifo.c Detach sched.h from mm.h 2007-05-21 09:18:19 -07:00
file_table.c header cleaning: don't include smp_lock.h when not used 2007-05-08 11:15:07 -07:00
file.c
filesystems.c add filesystem subtype support 2007-05-08 11:15:01 -07:00
fs-writeback.c
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: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
inotify_user.c mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
inotify.c Introduce a handy list_first_entry macro 2007-05-08 11:15:11 -07:00
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
Kconfig NFSD/SUNRPC: Fix the automatic selection of RPCSEC_GSS 2007-07-19 15:09:02 -04:00
Kconfig.binfmt fs: Kill sh dependency for binfmt_flat. 2007-05-21 14:34:00 +09:00
libfs.c fs/libfs.c: >80 columns line break fix 2007-05-09 06:44:57 +02:00
locks.c mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
Makefile signal/timer/event: eventfd core 2007-05-11 08:29:36 -07:00
mbcache.c mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
mpage.c consolidate generic_writepages and mpage_writepages 2007-05-11 08:29:35 -07:00
namei.c fs: remove path_walk export 2007-07-19 10:04:45 -07:00
namespace.c mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
nfsctl.c nfsctl: use vfs_path_lookup 2007-07-19 10:04:45 -07:00
no-block.c
open.c fallocate syscall interface deficiency 2007-07-24 12:24:58 -07:00
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
posix_acl.c
quota_v1.c
quota_v2.c
quota.c diskquota: 32bit quota tools on 64bit architectures 2007-07-16 09:05:48 -07:00
read_write.c Remove remnants of sendfile() 2007-07-10 08:04:15 +02:00
read_write.h
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: fix bad unlock_page() in error case 2007-07-20 09:07:01 -07:00
stack.c
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_acl.c
xattr.c Introduce is_owner_or_cap() to wrap CAP_FOWNER use with fsuid check 2007-07-17 12:00:03 -07:00