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2 files changed, 24 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/MAX_PROC_NR b/src/MAX_PROC_NR
index 1f7e0d6e..2197544d 100644
--- a/src/MAX_PROC_NR
+++ b/src/MAX_PROC_NR
@@ -1 +1 @@
-251
+252
diff --git a/src/generator.ml b/src/generator.ml
index 6db6aeb8..96a58478 100755
--- a/src/generator.ml
+++ b/src/generator.ml
@@ -3475,7 +3475,7 @@ The C<-f> option removes the link (C<linkname>) if it exists already.");
"\
This command reads the target of a symbolic link.");
- ("fallocate", (RErr, [Pathname "path"; Int "len"]), 169, [],
+ ("fallocate", (RErr, [Pathname "path"; Int "len"]), 169, [DeprecatedBy "fallocate64"],
[InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
[["fallocate"; "/a"; "1000000"];
["stat"; "/a"]], [CompareWithInt ("size", 1_000_000)])],
@@ -4722,6 +4722,28 @@ returned list.
See also C<guestfs_available> and L<guestfs(3)/AVAILABILITY>.");
+ ("fallocate64", (RErr, [Pathname "path"; Int64 "len"]), 252, [],
+ [InitBasicFS, Always, TestOutputStruct (
+ [["fallocate64"; "/a"; "1000000"];
+ ["stat"; "/a"]], [CompareWithInt ("size", 1_000_000)])],
+ "preallocate a file in the guest filesystem",
+ "\
+This command preallocates a file (containing zero bytes) named
+C<path> of size C<len> bytes. If the file exists already, it
+is overwritten.
+
+Note that this call allocates disk blocks for the file.
+To create a sparse file use C<guestfs_truncate_size> instead.
+
+The deprecated call C<guestfs_fallocate> does the same,
+but owing to an oversight it only allowed 30 bit lengths
+to be specified, effectively limiting the maximum size
+of files created through that call to 1GB.
+
+Do not confuse this with the guestfish-specific
+C<alloc> and C<sparse> commands which create
+a file in the host and attach it as a device.");
+
]
let all_functions = non_daemon_functions @ daemon_functions