From e75c6d07ff44875a7d42cb77ed389f9f11fdae5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Heinrich Schuchardt Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2014 00:06:27 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] inotify.7: fallocate(2) does not trigger inotify events Calling fallocate(2) does not result in inotify events. Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man7/inotify.7 | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/man7/inotify.7 b/man7/inotify.7 index a0e2528ea..7f45ba9d7 100644 --- a/man7/inotify.7 +++ b/man7/inotify.7 @@ -752,6 +752,10 @@ and also the possibility that there may not be any .B IN_MOVED_TO event. .SH BUGS +As of kernel 3.17, calling +.BR fallocate (2) +does not create any inotify events. + .\" FIXME . kernel commit 611da04f7a31b2208e838be55a42c7a1310ae321 .\" implies that unmount events were buggy 2.6.11 to 2.6.36 .\"