fallocate: new command
The fallocate(1) utility is used to preallocate blocks to a file. This can be useful for virtual images, database files, testing, etc. Normally we'd hope that various tools will start using preallocation internally, but until then such a utility may be useful, and could be scripted as well. The original Eric's version is available at: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.utilities.util-linux-ng/2490 This version: - checks for fallocate glibc function and kernel syscall - does not provide a fallback and does not call posix_fallocate() - adds long options - uses err.h for errro messages - adds NLS support - cleanups man page Co-Author: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
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simpleinit: Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
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simpleinit: Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
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switch_root: Peter Jones <pjones@redhat.com>
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switch_root: Peter Jones <pjones@redhat.com>
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Jeremy Katz <katzj@redhat.com>
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Jeremy Katz <katzj@redhat.com>
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fallocate: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
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CONTRIBUTORS:
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CONTRIBUTORS:
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[sh*], [289],
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[sh*], [289],
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[x86_64*], [252])
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[x86_64*], [252])
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dnl fallocate could be available as libc function or as syscall only
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UTIL_CHECK_SYSCALL([fallocate])
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AC_CHECK_FUNCS([fallocate])
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AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
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AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
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#include <time.h>
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#include <time.h>
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ctrlaltdel
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ctrlaltdel
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cytune
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cytune
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dmesg
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dmesg
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fallocate
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flock
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flock
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i386.8
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i386.8
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ia64.8
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ia64.8
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info_TEXINFOS = ipc.texi
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info_TEXINFOS = ipc.texi
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if HAVE_FALLOCATE
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usrbin_exec_PROGRAMS += fallocate
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dist_man_MANS += fallocate.1
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endif
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if HAVE_PIVOT_ROOT
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if HAVE_PIVOT_ROOT
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sbin_PROGRAMS += pivot_root
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sbin_PROGRAMS += pivot_root
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dist_man_MANS += pivot_root.8
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dist_man_MANS += pivot_root.8
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.\" -*- nroff -*-
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.TH FALLOCATE 1 "Jul 2009" "Version 1.0"
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.SH NAME
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fallocate \- preallocate space to a file.
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B fallocate
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.RB [ \-n ]
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.RB [ \-o
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.IR offset ]
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.B \-l
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.IR length
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.I filename
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B fallocate
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is used to preallocate blocks to a file. For filesystems which support the
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fallocate system call, this is done quickly by allocating blocks and marking
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them as uninitialized, requiring no IO to the data blocks. This is much faster
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than creating a file by filling it with zeros.
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.PP
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As of the Linux Kernel v2.6.31, the fallocate system call is supported by the
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btrfs, ext4, ocfs2, and xfs filesystems.
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.PP
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The exit code returned by
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.B fallocate
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is 0 on success and 1 on failure.
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.PP
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.SH OPTIONS
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.IP "\fB\-h, \-\-help\fP"
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Print help and exit.
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.IP "\fB\-n, \-\-keep-size\fP"
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Do not modify the apparent length of the file. This may effectively allocate
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blocks past EOF, which can be removed with a truncate.
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.IP "\fB\-o, \-\-offset\fP \fIoffset\fP
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Specifies the beginning offset of the allocation, in bytes. Suffixes of k, m,
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g, t, p, e may be specified to denote KiB, MiB, GiB, etc.
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.IP "\fB\-l, \-\-length\fP \fIlength\fP
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Specifies the length of the allocation, in bytes. Suffixes of k, m, g, t, p, e
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may be specified to denote KiB, MiB, GiB, etc.
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.SH AUTHORS
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.nf
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Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
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Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
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.fi
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR fallocate (2),
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.BR posix_fallocate (3),
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.BR truncate (1)
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.SH AVAILABILITY
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The fallocate command is part of the util-linux-ng package and is available from
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ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/.
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/*
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* fallocate - utility to use the fallocate system call
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*
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* Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.
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* Written by Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
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* Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
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*
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* cvtnum routine taken from xfsprogs,
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* Copyright (c) 2003-2005 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
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*
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* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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* modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
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* published by the Free Software Foundation.
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*
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* This program is distributed in the hope that it would be useful,
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* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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* GNU General Public License for more details.
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*
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* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
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* Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
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*/
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#include <sys/stat.h>
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#include <sys/types.h>
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#include <ctype.h>
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#include <errno.h>
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#include <fcntl.h>
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#include <stdio.h>
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#include <stdlib.h>
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#include <unistd.h>
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#include <getopt.h>
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#include <err.h>
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#ifndef HAVE_FALLOCATE
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# include <sys/syscall.h>
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#endif
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#include <linux/falloc.h> /* for FALLOC_FL_* flags */
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#include "nls.h"
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static void __attribute__((__noreturn__)) usage(FILE *out)
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{
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fprintf(out, _("Usage: %s [options] <filename>\n\nOptions:\n"),
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program_invocation_short_name);
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fprintf(out, _(
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" -h, --help this help\n"
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" -n, --keep-size don't modify the length of the file\n"
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" -o, --offset <num> offset of the allocation, in bytes\n"
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" -l, --length <num> length of the allocation, in bytes\n"));
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fprintf(out, _("\nFor more information see fallocate(1).\n"));
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exit(out == stderr ? EXIT_FAILURE : EXIT_SUCCESS);
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}
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#define EXABYTES(x) ((x) << 60)
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#define PETABYTES(x) ((x) << 50)
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#define TERABYTES(x) ((x) << 40)
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#define GIGABYTES(x) ((x) << 30)
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#define MEGABYTES(x) ((x) << 20)
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#define KILOBYTES(x) ((x) << 10)
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static loff_t cvtnum(char *s)
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char *sp;
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i = strtoll(s, &sp, 0);
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return -1LL;
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if (*sp == '\0')
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return i;
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if (sp[1] != '\0')
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switch (tolower(*sp)) {
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}
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return -1LL;
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}
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int main(int argc, char **argv)
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{
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int c;
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int error;
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int fd;
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int mode = 0;
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loff_t length = -2LL;
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loff_t offset = 0;
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struct option longopts[] = {
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bindtextdomain(PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
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textdomain(PACKAGE);
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usage(stdout);
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/*
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}
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