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-rw-r--r--block/file-posix.c12
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/block/file-posix.c b/block/file-posix.c
index 442f080eaa..d24e34be36 100644
--- a/block/file-posix.c
+++ b/block/file-posix.c
@@ -1604,6 +1604,17 @@ static int raw_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
#endif
case PREALLOC_MODE_FULL:
{
+ /*
+ * Knowing the final size from the beginning could allow the file
+ * system driver to do less allocations and possibly avoid
+ * fragmentation of the file.
+ */
+ if (ftruncate(fd, total_size) != 0) {
+ result = -errno;
+ error_setg_errno(errp, -result, "Could not resize file");
+ goto out_close;
+ }
+
int64_t num = 0, left = total_size;
buf = g_malloc0(65536);
@@ -1642,6 +1653,7 @@ static int raw_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)
break;
}
+out_close:
if (qemu_close(fd) != 0 && result == 0) {
result = -errno;
error_setg_errno(errp, -result, "Could not close the new file");