The io_uring_register_file_alloc_range(3) function sets the allowable range for fixed file index
allocations within the kernel. When requests that can instantiate a new fixed file are used with
IORING_FILE_INDEX_ALLOC, the application is asking the kernel to allocate a new fixed file descriptor
rather than pass in a specific value for one. By default, the kernel will pick any available fixed file
descriptor within the range available. Calling this function with off set to the starting offset and len
set to the number of descriptors, the application can limit the allocated descriptors to that particular
range. This effectively allows the application to set aside a range just for dynamic allocations, with
the remainder being used for specific values.
The application must have registered a fixed file table upfront, eg through io_uring_register_files(3) or
io_uring_register_files_sparse(3).
Available since 6.0.