1 #ifndef _UAPI_FALLOC_H_
2 #define _UAPI_FALLOC_H_
3 
4 #define FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE	0x01 /* default is extend size */
5 #define FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE	0x02 /* de-allocates range */
6 #define FALLOC_FL_NO_HIDE_STALE	0x04 /* reserved codepoint */
7 
8 /*
9  * FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE is used to remove a range of a file
10  * without leaving a hole in the file. The contents of the file beyond
11  * the range being removed is appended to the start offset of the range
12  * being removed (i.e. the hole that was punched is "collapsed"),
13  * resulting in a file layout that looks like the range that was
14  * removed never existed. As such collapsing a range of a file changes
15  * the size of the file, reducing it by the same length of the range
16  * that has been removed by the operation.
17  *
18  * Different filesystems may implement different limitations on the
19  * granularity of the operation. Most will limit operations to
20  * filesystem block size boundaries, but this boundary may be larger or
21  * smaller depending on the filesystem and/or the configuration of the
22  * filesystem or file.
23  *
24  * Attempting to collapse a range that crosses the end of the file is
25  * considered an illegal operation - just use ftruncate(2) if you need
26  * to collapse a range that crosses EOF.
27  */
28 #define FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE	0x08
29 
30 /*
31  * FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE is used to convert a range of file to zeros preferably
32  * without issuing data IO. Blocks should be preallocated for the regions that
33  * span holes in the file, and the entire range is preferable converted to
34  * unwritten extents - even though file system may choose to zero out the
35  * extent or do whatever which will result in reading zeros from the range
36  * while the range remains allocated for the file.
37  *
38  * This can be also used to preallocate blocks past EOF in the same way as
39  * with fallocate. Flag FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE should cause the inode
40  * size to remain the same.
41  */
42 #define FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE		0x10
43 
44 /*
45  * FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE is use to insert space within the file size without
46  * overwriting any existing data. The contents of the file beyond offset are
47  * shifted towards right by len bytes to create a hole.  As such, this
48  * operation will increase the size of the file by len bytes.
49  *
50  * Different filesystems may implement different limitations on the granularity
51  * of the operation. Most will limit operations to filesystem block size
52  * boundaries, but this boundary may be larger or smaller depending on
53  * the filesystem and/or the configuration of the filesystem or file.
54  *
55  * Attempting to insert space using this flag at OR beyond the end of
56  * the file is considered an illegal operation - just use ftruncate(2) or
57  * fallocate(2) with mode 0 for such type of operations.
58  */
59 #define FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE		0x20
60 
61 #endif /* _UAPI_FALLOC_H_ */
62