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+#ifndef _UAPI_FALLOC_H_
+#define _UAPI_FALLOC_H_
+
+#define FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE	0x01 /* default is extend size */
+#define FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE	0x02 /* de-allocates range */
+#define FALLOC_FL_NO_HIDE_STALE	0x04 /* reserved codepoint */
+
+/*
+ * FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE is used to remove a range of a file
+ * without leaving a hole in the file. The contents of the file beyond
+ * the range being removed is appended to the start offset of the range
+ * being removed (i.e. the hole that was punched is "collapsed"),
+ * resulting in a file layout that looks like the range that was
+ * removed never existed. As such collapsing a range of a file changes
+ * the size of the file, reducing it by the same length of the range
+ * that has been removed by the operation.
+ *
+ * Different filesystems may implement different limitations on the
+ * granularity of the operation. Most will limit operations to
+ * filesystem block size boundaries, but this boundary may be larger or
+ * smaller depending on the filesystem and/or the configuration of the
+ * filesystem or file.
+ *
+ * Attempting to collapse a range that crosses the end of the file is
+ * considered an illegal operation - just use ftruncate(2) if you need
+ * to collapse a range that crosses EOF.
+ */
+#define FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE	0x08
+
+/*
+ * FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE is used to convert a range of file to zeros preferably
+ * without issuing data IO. Blocks should be preallocated for the regions that
+ * span holes in the file, and the entire range is preferable converted to
+ * unwritten extents - even though file system may choose to zero out the
+ * extent or do whatever which will result in reading zeros from the range
+ * while the range remains allocated for the file.
+ *
+ * This can be also used to preallocate blocks past EOF in the same way as
+ * with fallocate. Flag FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE should cause the inode
+ * size to remain the same.
+ */
+#define FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE		0x10
+
+/*
+ * FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE is use to insert space within the file size without
+ * overwriting any existing data. The contents of the file beyond offset are
+ * shifted towards right by len bytes to create a hole.  As such, this
+ * operation will increase the size of the file by len bytes.
+ *
+ * Different filesystems may implement different limitations on the granularity
+ * of the operation. Most will limit operations to filesystem block size
+ * boundaries, but this boundary may be larger or smaller depending on
+ * the filesystem and/or the configuration of the filesystem or file.
+ *
+ * Attempting to insert space using this flag at OR beyond the end of
+ * the file is considered an illegal operation - just use ftruncate(2) or
+ * fallocate(2) with mode 0 for such type of operations.
+ */
+#define FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE		0x20
+
+#endif /* _UAPI_FALLOC_H_ */