Re: O_DIRECT question

[Bill Davidsen]

Bodo Eggert wrote:

> (*) This would allow fadvise_size(), too, which could reduce fragmentation
>     (and give an early warning on full disks) without forcing e.g. fat to
>     zero all blocks. OTOH, fadvise_size() would allow users to reserve the
>     complete disk space without his filesizes reflecting this.

Please clarify how this would interact with quota, and why it wouldn't 
allow someone to run me out of disk.

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bill davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx>
  CTO TMR Associates, Inc
  Doing interesting things with small computers since 1979
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