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authorFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2015-06-05 10:50:38 +0200
committerFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2015-06-05 10:50:38 +0200
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posix_fallocate: Emulation fixes and documentation [BZ #15661]
Handle signed integer overflow correctly.  Detect and reject O_APPEND.
Document drawbacks of emulation.

This does not completely address bug 15661, but improves the situation
somewhat.
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+2015-06-05  Florian Weimer  <fweimer@redhat.com>
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+	[BZ #15661]
+	* sysdeps/posix/posix_fallocate64.c (__posix_fallocate64_l64):
+	Check for overflow properly.  Check for O_APPEND.  Ignore large
+	file system block sizes.  Add comments about problems.
+	* sysdeps/posix/posix_fallocate.c (posix_fallocate): Likewise.
+	* manual/filesys.texi (Storage Allocation): New node.
+
 2015-06-04  Adhemerval Zanella  <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>
 
 	* sysdeps/unix/sysdep.h [SYSCALL_CANCEL]: New macro: define