etcd-io__etcd/pkg/fileutil/preallocate.go

// Copyright 2015 CoreOS, Inc.
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// +build linux

package fileutil

import (
	"os"
	"syscall"
)

// Preallocate tries to allocate the space for given
// file. This operation is only supported on linux by a
// few filesystems (btrfs, ext4, etc.).
// If the operation is unsupported, no error will be returned.
// Otherwise, the error encountered will be returned.
func Preallocate(f *os.File, sizeInBytes int) error {
	// use mode = 1 to keep size
	// see FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE
	err := syscall.Fallocate(int(f.Fd()), 1, 0, int64(sizeInBytes))
	if err != nil {
		errno, ok := err.(syscall.Errno)
		// treat not support as nil error
		if ok && errno == syscall.ENOTSUP {
			return nil
		}
		return err
	}
	return nil
}