mmap_help_linux.go

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//go:build linux
// +build linux

package ethash

import (
	"os"

	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
)

// ensureSize expands the file to the given size. This is to prevent runtime
// errors later on, if the underlying file expands beyond the disk capacity,
// even though it ostensibly is already expanded, but due to being sparse
// does not actually occupy the full declared size on disk.
func ensureSize(f *os.File, size int64) error {
	// Docs: https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/fallocate.2.html
	return unix.Fallocate(int(f.Fd()), 0, 0, size)
}