[libc-commits] [libc] d569554 - [libc] Implement fallocate (#222843)

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Author: yahia
Date: 2026-09-18T12:15:13Z
New Revision: d569554ee8db7de233e0a866ba1df6cc7e5a1a72

URL: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/d569554ee8db7de233e0a866ba1df6cc7e5a1a72
DIFF: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/d569554ee8db7de233e0a866ba1df6cc7e5a1a72.diff

LOG: [libc] Implement fallocate (#222843)

Implement fallocate function by adding a syscall wrapper.

Assisted-by: gemini (for the tests and macros)

Added: 
    libc/src/__support/OSUtil/linux/syscall_wrappers/fallocate.h
    libc/src/fcntl/fallocate.h
    libc/src/fcntl/linux/fallocate.cpp
    libc/test/src/fcntl/linux/CMakeLists.txt
    libc/test/src/fcntl/linux/fallocate_test.cpp

Modified: 
    libc/config/linux/aarch64/entrypoints.txt
    libc/config/linux/riscv/entrypoints.txt
    libc/config/linux/x86_64/entrypoints.txt
    libc/include/fcntl.yaml
    libc/src/__support/OSUtil/linux/syscall_wrappers/CMakeLists.txt
    libc/src/fcntl/CMakeLists.txt
    libc/src/fcntl/linux/CMakeLists.txt
    libc/test/src/fcntl/CMakeLists.txt
    libc/utils/docgen/fcntl.yaml

Removed: 
    


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diff  --git a/libc/config/linux/aarch64/entrypoints.txt b/libc/config/linux/aarch64/entrypoints.txt
index 4de8ce85b0569..f87ba3437fb6c 100644
--- a/libc/config/linux/aarch64/entrypoints.txt
+++ b/libc/config/linux/aarch64/entrypoints.txt
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ set(TARGET_LIBC_ENTRYPOINTS
 
     # fcntl.h entrypoints
     libc.src.fcntl.creat
+    libc.src.fcntl.fallocate
     libc.src.fcntl.fcntl
     libc.src.fcntl.open
     libc.src.fcntl.openat

diff  --git a/libc/config/linux/riscv/entrypoints.txt b/libc/config/linux/riscv/entrypoints.txt
index 889b4c5c79dbb..51587056fb02d 100644
--- a/libc/config/linux/riscv/entrypoints.txt
+++ b/libc/config/linux/riscv/entrypoints.txt
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ set(TARGET_LIBC_ENTRYPOINTS
 
     # fcntl.h entrypoints
     libc.src.fcntl.creat
+    libc.src.fcntl.fallocate
     libc.src.fcntl.fcntl
     libc.src.fcntl.open
     libc.src.fcntl.openat

diff  --git a/libc/config/linux/x86_64/entrypoints.txt b/libc/config/linux/x86_64/entrypoints.txt
index 8e748287a2469..8b77efa648c43 100644
--- a/libc/config/linux/x86_64/entrypoints.txt
+++ b/libc/config/linux/x86_64/entrypoints.txt
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ set(TARGET_LIBC_ENTRYPOINTS
 
     # fcntl.h entrypoints
     libc.src.fcntl.creat
+    libc.src.fcntl.fallocate
     libc.src.fcntl.fcntl
     libc.src.fcntl.open
     libc.src.fcntl.openat

diff  --git a/libc/include/fcntl.yaml b/libc/include/fcntl.yaml
index 2b73c8da1e989..49aac448e7076 100644
--- a/libc/include/fcntl.yaml
+++ b/libc/include/fcntl.yaml
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@ functions:
     arguments:
       - type: const char *
       - type: mode_t
+  - name: fallocate
+    standards:
+      - linux
+    return_type: int
+    arguments:
+      - type: int
+      - type: int
+      - type: off_t
+      - type: off_t
   - name: fcntl
     standards:
       - posix

diff  --git a/libc/src/__support/OSUtil/linux/syscall_wrappers/CMakeLists.txt b/libc/src/__support/OSUtil/linux/syscall_wrappers/CMakeLists.txt
index 8455b5f405006..95abcfa59d3de 100644
--- a/libc/src/__support/OSUtil/linux/syscall_wrappers/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libc/src/__support/OSUtil/linux/syscall_wrappers/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1304,3 +1304,19 @@ add_header_library(
     libc.src.__support.macros.config
     libc.src.__support.OSUtil.osutil
 )
+
+add_header_library(
+  fallocate
+  HDRS
+    fallocate.h
+  DEPENDS
+    libc.src.__support.macros.config
+    libc.src.__support.common
+    libc.src.__support.OSUtil.osutil
+    libc.include.sys_syscall
+    libc.hdr.types.off_t
+    libc.hdr.errno_macros
+    libc.src.__support.CPP.limits
+    libc.src.__support.CPP.bit
+    libc.src.__support.error_or
+)

diff  --git a/libc/src/__support/OSUtil/linux/syscall_wrappers/fallocate.h b/libc/src/__support/OSUtil/linux/syscall_wrappers/fallocate.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2d80c7256dec0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libc/src/__support/OSUtil/linux/syscall_wrappers/fallocate.h
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+///
+/// \file
+/// This file contains the declaration of the fallocate, which is the
+/// base syscall wrapper for all fallocate dependent calls.
+///
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#ifndef LLVM_LIBC_SRC___SUPPORT_OSUTIL_SYSCALL_WRAPPERS_FALLOCATE_H
+#define LLVM_LIBC_SRC___SUPPORT_OSUTIL_SYSCALL_WRAPPERS_FALLOCATE_H
+
+#include "hdr/errno_macros.h"
+#include "hdr/types/off_t.h"
+#include "src/__support/CPP/bit.h"
+#include "src/__support/CPP/limits.h"
+#include "src/__support/OSUtil/linux/syscall.h" // For syscall_checked
+#include "src/__support/common.h"
+#include "src/__support/error_or.h"
+#include "src/__support/macros/config.h"
+#include <sys/syscall.h> // For syscall numbers
+
+namespace LIBC_NAMESPACE_DECL {
+namespace linux_syscalls {
+
+LIBC_INLINE ErrorOr<int> fallocate(int fd, int mode, off_t offset, off_t size) {
+  if constexpr (sizeof(long) == sizeof(uint32_t) &&
+                sizeof(off_t) == sizeof(uint64_t)) {
+    uint64_t offset_bits = cpp::bit_cast<uint64_t>(offset);
+    long offset_low = static_cast<long>(offset_bits & UINT32_MAX);
+    long offset_high = static_cast<long>(offset_bits >> 32);
+    uint64_t len_bits = cpp::bit_cast<uint64_t>(size);
+    long len_low = static_cast<long>(len_bits & UINT32_MAX);
+    long len_high = static_cast<long>(len_bits >> 32);
+    return syscall_checked<int>(SYS_fallocate, fd, mode, offset_low,
+                                offset_high, len_low, len_high);
+  } else {
+    return syscall_checked<int>(SYS_fallocate, fd, mode, offset, size);
+  }
+}
+
+} // namespace linux_syscalls
+} // namespace LIBC_NAMESPACE_DECL
+#endif

diff  --git a/libc/src/fcntl/CMakeLists.txt b/libc/src/fcntl/CMakeLists.txt
index 09afab57b7aa5..99fb047cdc8c3 100644
--- a/libc/src/fcntl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libc/src/fcntl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ add_entrypoint_object(
     .${LIBC_TARGET_OS}.fcntl
 )
 
+add_entrypoint_object(
+  fallocate
+  ALIAS
+  DEPENDS
+    .${LIBC_TARGET_OS}.fallocate
+)
+
 add_entrypoint_object(
   open
   ALIAS

diff  --git a/libc/src/fcntl/fallocate.h b/libc/src/fcntl/fallocate.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2924637c3a696
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libc/src/fcntl/fallocate.h
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+///
+/// \file
+/// Implementation header for fallocate
+///
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#ifndef LLVM_LIBC_SRC_FCNTL_FALLOCATE_H
+#define LLVM_LIBC_SRC_FCNTL_FALLOCATE_H
+
+#include "hdr/types/off_t.h"
+#include "src/__support/macros/config.h"
+
+namespace LIBC_NAMESPACE_DECL {
+
+int fallocate(int fd, int mode, off_t offset, off_t size);
+
+}
+
+#endif

diff  --git a/libc/src/fcntl/linux/CMakeLists.txt b/libc/src/fcntl/linux/CMakeLists.txt
index e50cc45c9ea7a..fa41eeb1b2f1e 100644
--- a/libc/src/fcntl/linux/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libc/src/fcntl/linux/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,18 @@ add_entrypoint_object(
     libc.src.errno.errno
 )
 
+add_entrypoint_object(
+  fallocate
+  SRCS
+    fallocate.cpp
+  HDRS
+    ../fallocate.h
+  DEPENDS
+    libc.src.errno.errno
+    libc.src.__support.OSUtil.linux.syscall_wrappers.fallocate
+    libc.hdr.types.off_t
+)
+
 add_entrypoint_object(
   fcntl
   SRCS

diff  --git a/libc/src/fcntl/linux/fallocate.cpp b/libc/src/fcntl/linux/fallocate.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..21e9c276d500c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libc/src/fcntl/linux/fallocate.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+///
+/// \file
+/// This file contains the declaration of the fallocate, which is the
+/// fcntl fallocate function for linux.
+///
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#include "src/fcntl/fallocate.h"
+
+#include "hdr/types/off_t.h"
+#include "src/__support/OSUtil/linux/syscall_wrappers/fallocate.h"
+#include "src/__support/libc_errno.h"
+#include "src/__support/macros/config.h"
+
+namespace LIBC_NAMESPACE_DECL {
+
+LLVM_LIBC_FUNCTION(int, fallocate,
+                   (int fd, int mode, off_t offset, off_t size)) {
+  auto result = linux_syscalls::fallocate(fd, mode, offset, size);
+  if (!result.has_value()) {
+    libc_errno = result.error();
+    return -1;
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
+
+} // namespace LIBC_NAMESPACE_DECL

diff  --git a/libc/test/src/fcntl/CMakeLists.txt b/libc/test/src/fcntl/CMakeLists.txt
index 6a2acd9578697..085fda5762704 100644
--- a/libc/test/src/fcntl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libc/test/src/fcntl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -99,3 +99,7 @@ add_libc_test(
     libc.test.UnitTest.ErrnoCheckingTest
     libc.test.UnitTest.ErrnoSetterMatcher
 )
+
+if(EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${LIBC_TARGET_OS})
+  add_subdirectory(${LIBC_TARGET_OS})
+endif()

diff  --git a/libc/test/src/fcntl/linux/CMakeLists.txt b/libc/test/src/fcntl/linux/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a280fdbac652c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libc/test/src/fcntl/linux/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+add_libc_test(
+  fallocate_test
+  SUITE
+    libc_fcntl_unittests
+  SRCS
+    fallocate_test.cpp
+  DEPENDS
+    libc.include.fcntl
+    libc.src.fcntl.fallocate
+    libc.src.fcntl.open
+    libc.src.unistd.close
+    libc.src.unistd.unlink
+    libc.src.sys.stat.fstat
+    libc.src.__support.libc_errno
+)

diff  --git a/libc/test/src/fcntl/linux/fallocate_test.cpp b/libc/test/src/fcntl/linux/fallocate_test.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a7cbb44d011d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libc/test/src/fcntl/linux/fallocate_test.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+///
+/// \file
+/// This file contains the tests for the fallocate POSIX functions
+///
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#include "hdr/fcntl_macros.h"
+#include "src/__support/CPP/scope.h"
+#include "src/__support/libc_errno.h"
+#include "src/fcntl/fallocate.h"
+#include "src/fcntl/open.h"
+#include "src/sys/stat/fstat.h"
+#include "src/sys/stat/stat.h"
+#include "src/unistd/close.h"
+#include "src/unistd/unlink.h"
+#include "test/UnitTest/ErrnoCheckingTest.h"
+#include "test/UnitTest/ErrnoSetterMatcher.h"
+#include "test/UnitTest/Test.h"
+
+#include <linux/falloc.h>
+
+using LIBC_NAMESPACE::testing::ErrnoSetterMatcher::Fails;
+using LIBC_NAMESPACE::testing::ErrnoSetterMatcher::Succeeds;
+
+TEST(LlvmLibcFallocateTest, BasicAllocate) {
+  constexpr char TEST_FILE[] = "fallocate_basic.test";
+
+  int fd = LIBC_NAMESPACE::open(TEST_FILE, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0600);
+  ASSERT_ERRNO_SUCCESS();
+  ASSERT_GT(fd, 0);
+  LIBC_NAMESPACE::cpp::scope_exit cleanup_fd([&] {
+    EXPECT_THAT(LIBC_NAMESPACE::unlink(TEST_FILE), Succeeds(0));
+    EXPECT_THAT(LIBC_NAMESPACE::close(fd), Succeeds(0));
+  });
+
+  // Mode 0: expand file size to offset + len (4096 bytes)
+  ASSERT_THAT(LIBC_NAMESPACE::fallocate(fd, 0, 1024, 3072), Succeeds(0));
+
+  struct stat st;
+  ASSERT_EQ(LIBC_NAMESPACE::fstat(fd, &st), 0);
+  ASSERT_EQ(static_cast<off_t>(st.st_size), static_cast<off_t>(4096));
+}
+
+TEST(LlvmLibcFallocateTest, KeepSize) {
+  constexpr char TEST_FILE[] = "fallocate_keep_size.test";
+
+  int fd = LIBC_NAMESPACE::open(TEST_FILE, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0600);
+  ASSERT_ERRNO_SUCCESS();
+  ASSERT_GT(fd, 0);
+  LIBC_NAMESPACE::cpp::scope_exit cleanup_fd([&] {
+    EXPECT_THAT(LIBC_NAMESPACE::unlink(TEST_FILE), Succeeds(0));
+    EXPECT_THAT(LIBC_NAMESPACE::close(fd), Succeeds(0));
+  });
+
+  // Pre-allocate space at offset 8192, length 4096, but keep file size at 0
+  ASSERT_THAT(LIBC_NAMESPACE::fallocate(fd, FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE, 8192, 4096),
+              Succeeds(0));
+
+  struct stat st;
+  ASSERT_EQ(LIBC_NAMESPACE::fstat(fd, &st), 0);
+  ASSERT_EQ(static_cast<off_t>(st.st_size), static_cast<off_t>(0));
+}
+
+TEST(LlvmLibcFallocateTest, InvalidFd) {
+  // Passing an invalid file descriptor should fail with EBADF
+  ASSERT_THAT(LIBC_NAMESPACE::fallocate(-1, 0, 0, 4096), Fails(EBADF));
+}
+
+TEST(LlvmLibcFallocateTest, InvalidMode) {
+  constexpr char TEST_FILE[] = "fallocate_invalid_mode.test";
+
+  int fd = LIBC_NAMESPACE::open(TEST_FILE, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0600);
+  ASSERT_ERRNO_SUCCESS();
+  ASSERT_GT(fd, 0);
+  LIBC_NAMESPACE::cpp::scope_exit cleanup_fd([&] {
+    EXPECT_THAT(LIBC_NAMESPACE::unlink(TEST_FILE), Succeeds(0));
+    EXPECT_THAT(LIBC_NAMESPACE::close(fd), Succeeds(0));
+  });
+
+  ASSERT_EQ(LIBC_NAMESPACE::fallocate(fd, -1, 0, 4096), -1);
+  // Could be any one of those and potentially more depending on the file system
+  ASSERT_TRUE(libc_errno == EINVAL || libc_errno == ENOTSUP ||
+              libc_errno == EOPNOTSUPP);
+  // for the cleanup to work
+  libc_errno = 0;
+}

diff  --git a/libc/utils/docgen/fcntl.yaml b/libc/utils/docgen/fcntl.yaml
index 7a6b656cc0a80..1053f357901d9 100644
--- a/libc/utils/docgen/fcntl.yaml
+++ b/libc/utils/docgen/fcntl.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ functions:
     in-latest-posix: ''
   posix_fallocate:
     in-latest-posix: ''
+  fallocate:
+    c-definition: ''
 
 macros:
   AT_EACCESS:


        


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