Re: kern/49617: posix_fallocate() should be returning an error on failure, without setting errno.

[Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/49617; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: kern/49617: posix_fallocate() should be returning an error on failure, without setting errno.
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2015 21:37:27 +0200

 On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 07:30:01PM +0000, David Holland wrote:
 >  ISTM that this is a reason to have a native fallocate() that doesn't
 >  have this interface bug.
 
 No, the posix_ prefix is hint enough and there is no information lost.
 
 Martin