[PATCH 4/4] Remove broken posix_fallocate, posix_falllocate64 fallback code [BZ#15661]

Roland McGrath roland@hack.frob.com
Thu May 7 18:19:00 GMT 2015


> If I'm not mistaken ftruncate could still reduce the file size if it
> races with another operation that would extend the file. This is also
> a data loss bug.

I concur.



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