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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/posix-functions/posix_fallocate.texi')
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/posix_fallocate.texi b/doc/posix-functions/posix_fallocate.texi index 2f95bade51..1902cab7b1 100644 --- a/doc/posix-functions/posix_fallocate.texi +++ b/doc/posix-functions/posix_fallocate.texi @@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ Gnulib module: --- Portability problems fixed by Gnulib: @itemize +@item +On platforms where @code{off_t} is a 32-bit type, this function may not +work correctly across the entire data range of files 2 GiB and larger. +@xref{Large File Support}. @end itemize Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: @@ -21,8 +25,4 @@ support the allocation operation directly. glibc however emulates the file syst allocation with writes where unsupported, and apps have depended on that long term implementation. This is both inefficient, and as of glibc 2.21 at least, buggy on certain NFS setups. -@item -On platforms where @code{off_t} is a 32-bit type, this function may not -work correctly across the entire data range of files larger than 2 GB. -The fix is to use the @code{AC_SYS_LARGEFILE} macro. @end itemize |