diff --git a/lib/libsys/posix_fallocate.2 b/lib/libsys/posix_fallocate.2 --- a/lib/libsys/posix_fallocate.2 +++ b/lib/libsys/posix_fallocate.2 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd March 30, 2020 +.Dd November 2, 2025 .Dt POSIX_FALLOCATE 2 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -105,8 +105,7 @@ .Fa len argument was less than or equal to zero, the .Fa offset -argument was less than zero, -or the operation is not supported by the file system. +argument was less than zero. .It Bq Er EIO An I/O error occurred while reading from or writing to a file system. .It Bq Er EINTEGRITY @@ -123,6 +122,8 @@ The file descriptor .Fa fd has insufficient rights. +.It Bq Er EOPNOTSUPP +The operation is not supported by the file system. .It Bq Er ESPIPE The .Fa fd @@ -137,12 +138,29 @@ The .Fn posix_fallocate system call conforms to -.St -p1003.1-2004 . +.St -p1003.1-2024 . .Sh HISTORY The .Fn posix_fallocate function appeared in .Fx 9.0 . +.Pp +Previous versions of +.Nm +used +.Er EINVAL +to indicate that the operation is not supported by the file system, as specified +in +.St -p1003.1 +Base Specifications, Issue 7. +.St -p1003.1 +Base Specifications, Issue 8 switched to requiring +.Er EOPNOTSUPP +for this error case. +ZFS adopted the latter convention in +.Fx 15.0 , +and the remaining filesystems in base adopted it in +.Fx 15.1 . .Sh AUTHORS .Fn posix_fallocate and this manual page were initially written by