package fs import ( "os" "syscall" "golang.org/x/sys/unix" ) func PreallocateFile(wr *os.File, size int64) error { if size <= 0 { return nil } // int fallocate(int fd, int mode, off_t offset, off_t len) // use mode = 0 to also change the file size return ignoringEINTR(func() error { return unix.Fallocate(int(wr.Fd()), 0, 0, size) }) } // ignoringEINTR makes a function call and repeats it if it returns // an EINTR error. // copied from /usr/lib/go/src/internal/poll/fd_posix.go of go 1.23.1 func ignoringEINTR(fn func() error) error { for { err := fn() if err != syscall.EINTR { return err } } }