[erlang-questions] fallocate(FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE) / lseek(SEEK_HOLE / SEEK_DATA) anytime soon ?

[Bernard Fouché]

Hi List,

Is there any chance that the API support these features in a reasonable 
time? I see that fallocate() implementation is stalled since 2010 and I 
read nothing about implementing fallocate(FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE) and 
adding support for lseek(SEEK_HOLE / SEEK_DATA) to [position/2] while 
all these features should allow one to write some interesting db backend 
on file systems supporting very large files.

Thanks,

     Bernard