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| author | André Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu> | 2016-03-25 03:53:42 -0300 |
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| committer | André Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu> | 2016-03-25 03:53:42 -0300 |
| commit | 03dd4cb26d967f9588437b0fc9cc0e8353322bb7 (patch) | |
| tree | fa581f6dc1c0596391690d1f67eceef3af8246dc /Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt | |
| parent | d4e493caf788ef44982e131ff9c786546904d934 (diff) | |
Linux-libre 4.5-gnu
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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.txt index ce1126ace..223c32171 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 |