return -EINVAL;
/* Return error if mode is not supported */
- if (mode & ~(FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE | FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE |
- FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE | FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE))
+ if (mode & ~FALLOC_FL_SUPPORTED_MASK)
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
/* Punch hole and zero range are mutually exclusive */
(mode & ~FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE))
return -EINVAL;
+ /* Insert range should only be used exclusively. */
+ if ((mode & FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE) &&
+ (mode & ~FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
return -EBADF;
#define FS_IOC_RESVSP _IOW('X', 40, struct space_resv)
#define FS_IOC_RESVSP64 _IOW('X', 42, struct space_resv)
+#define FALLOC_FL_SUPPORTED_MASK (FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE | \
+ FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE | \
+ FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE | \
+ FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE | \
+ FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE)
+
#endif /* _FALLOC_H_ */
*/
#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_ */