# allocate-on-flush

> file system feature, such that when blocks are allocated to hold pending writes, they are not actually allocated in the free-space bitmap until they are flushed to storage

**Wikidata**: [Q4732996](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4732996)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allocate-on-flush)  
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