Bug 903258 – Need description of FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE flag for fallocate(2) system call

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Bug 903258 - Need description of FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE flag for fallocate(2) system call

Summary:	Need description of FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE flag for fallocate(2) system call

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	man-pages-overrides (Show other bugs)
Sub Component:
Version:	6.4
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	low Severity low
Target Milestone:	rc
Target Release:	---
Assigned To:	Peter Schiffer
QA Contact:	Iveta Wiedermann
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Keywords:	ManPageChange, Patch

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Blocks:	1011198
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Reported:	2013-01-23 10:28 EST by Eryu Guan
Modified:	2013-11-21 17:55 EST (History)
CC List:	4 users (show)

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Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	Cause: missing description of FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE flag on fallocate(2) man page Consequence: incomplete documentation Fix: document FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE flag on fallocate(2) man page Result: complete documentation
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Last Closed:	2013-11-21 17:55:13 EST
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Attachments	(Terms of Use)
man-pages-3.22-fallocate.patch (3.46 KB, patch) 2013-09-20 12:09 EDT, Peter Schiffer	no flags	Details \| Diff
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External Trackers
Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHBA-2013:1695	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	man-pages-overrides bug fix and enhancement update	2013-11-20 16:52:14 EST

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Description Eryu Guan 2013-01-23 10:28:46 EST

Description of problem:
punch hole support for ext4 has been added into rhel6.4 kernel via bug 739101, and it adds new flag FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE to fallocate(2)

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
man-pages-3.22-20.el6

Comment 1 RHEL Product and Program Management 2013-01-27 01:47:09 EST

This request was not resolved in time for the current release.
Red Hat invites you to ask your support representative to
propose this request, if still desired, for consideration in
the next release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Comment 2 Michael Kerrisk 2013-02-12 18:19:43 EST

This has already been documented in upstream since man-pages-3.36.

Comment 3 Peter Schiffer 2013-09-20 12:09:26 EDT

Created attachment 800562 [details]
man-pages-3.22-fallocate.patch

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2013-11-21 17:55:13 EST

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-1695.html

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