[PATCH v7 1/11] fs: Add support FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE for fallocate

[Namjae Jeon]

FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE command is the opposite command of
FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE that is needed for advertisers or someone who want to
add some data in the middle of file. FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE will create space
for writing new data within a file after shifting extents to right as given
length. and this command also has same limitation as FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE,
that is block boundary and use ftruncate(2) for crosses EOF.

Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon <namjae.jeon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ashish Sangwan <a.sangwan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/open.c                   |  8 +++++++-
 include/uapi/linux/falloc.h | 15 +++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 36662d0..74ed498 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -232,7 +232,8 @@ int do_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode, loff_t offset, loff_t len)
 
 	/* Return error if mode is not supported */
 	if (mode & ~(FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE | FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE |
-		     FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE | FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE))
+		     FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE | FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE |
+		     FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 	/* Punch hole and zero range are mutually exclusive */
@@ -250,6 +251,11 @@ int do_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode, loff_t offset, loff_t len)
 	    (mode & ~FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	/* Insert range should only be used exclusively. */
+	if ((mode & FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE) &&
+	    (mode & ~FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
 		return -EBADF;
 
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/falloc.h b/include/uapi/linux/falloc.h
index d1197ae..1f20723 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/falloc.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/falloc.h
@@ -41,4 +41,19 @@
  */
 #define FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE		0x10
 
+/*
+ * FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE is use to insert space within the file size without
+ * overwriting any existing data. The contents of the file beyond offset are
+ * shifted towards right by len bytes to create a hole.  As such, this
+ * operation will increase the size of the file by len bytes.
+ * Different filesystems may implement different limitations on the granularity
+ * of the operation. Most will limit operations to filesystem block size
+ * boundaries, but this boundary may be larger or smaller depending on
+ * the filesystem and/or the configuration of the filesystem or file.
+ * Attempting to insert space using this flag at OR beyond the end of
+ * the file is considered an illegal operation - just use ftruncate(2) or
+ * fallocate(2) with mode 0 for such type of operations.
+ */
+#define FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE		0x20
+
 #endif /* _UAPI_FALLOC_H_ */
-- 
1.7.11-rc0

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