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From: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>
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Subject: TODO add Linux fallocate support
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posix_fallocate may exist, but we should have Linux kernel fallocate
support too, for reasons described in this patch:

	http://mid.gmane.org/560E0567.7040204@redhat.com
	TL;DR: emulating fallocate in userspace without kernel
	support is racy, not merely inefficient.