[Nix-dev] Nix SQLite branch merged

[Michael Raskin]

>> glibc relies on FS implementing fallocate call just like POSIX
>> posix_fallocate is described. Linux kernel promises only that
>> fallocate call is something that allows to build posix_fallocate
>> upon it. POSIX makes compliance with posix_fallocate description
>> required at libc-level.
>If I understand it correctly, the bug was "between" glibc and kernel
>but it was easier to fix it on FS-level. If that is the case, can
>similar problems also occur with other (non-conventional) filesystems?

Yes - even with development branches of conventional filesystems.