From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Sunil Mushran <sunil.mushran@oracle.com>
Cc: P?draig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>,
Josef Bacik <josef@redhat.com>,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org,
xfs@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xfstests 255: add a seek_data/seek_hole tester
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:36:48 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110629173648.GA22293@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4E0B60DE.50908@oracle.com>
On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 10:29:02AM -0700, Sunil Mushran wrote:
> I'm not too sure about that. Atleast not enabled by default. Most users
> use cp to backup data. Not empty space. In this case, this empty extent
> may not even be de-dupable.
>
> Frankly I'd be happier of cp started to exploited fallocate() to create larger
> extents before copying data into them. Atleast for the large files.
That's what delayed allocation is for.
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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Sunil Mushran <sunil.mushran@oracle.com>
Cc: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
xfs@oss.sgi.com, Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
P?draig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>, Josef Bacik <josef@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xfstests 255: add a seek_data/seek_hole tester
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:36:48 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110629173648.GA22293@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4E0B60DE.50908@oracle.com>
On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 10:29:02AM -0700, Sunil Mushran wrote:
> I'm not too sure about that. Atleast not enabled by default. Most users
> use cp to backup data. Not empty space. In this case, this empty extent
> may not even be de-dupable.
>
> Frankly I'd be happier of cp started to exploited fallocate() to create larger
> extents before copying data into them. Atleast for the large files.
That's what delayed allocation is for.
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Thread overview: 106+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-06-28 15:33 [PATCH 1/4] fs: add SEEK_HOLE and SEEK_DATA flags Josef Bacik
2011-06-28 15:33 ` Josef Bacik
2011-06-28 15:33 ` [PATCH 2/4] Btrfs: implement our own ->llseek Josef Bacik
2011-06-28 15:33 ` Josef Bacik
2011-06-28 15:33 ` [PATCH 3/4] Ext4: handle SEEK_HOLE/SEEK_DATA generically Josef Bacik
2011-06-28 15:33 ` Josef Bacik
2011-06-28 16:29 ` Andreas Dilger
2011-06-28 17:34 ` Josef Bacik
2011-06-28 15:33 ` [PATCH 4/4] fs: handle SEEK_HOLE/SEEK_DATA properly in all fs's that define their own llseek Josef Bacik
2011-06-28 15:33 ` Josef Bacik
2011-06-28 15:33 ` [PATCH] xfstests 255: add a seek_data/seek_hole tester Josef Bacik
2011-06-28 15:33 ` Josef Bacik
2011-06-29 6:53 ` Dave Chinner
2011-06-29 6:53 ` Dave Chinner
2011-06-29 6:53 ` Dave Chinner
2011-06-29 6:53 ` Dave Chinner
2011-06-29 7:40 ` Christoph Hellwig
2011-06-29 7:40 ` Christoph Hellwig
2011-06-29 10:42 ` Pádraig Brady
2011-06-29 10:42 ` Pádraig Brady
2011-06-29 10:42 ` Pádraig Brady
2011-06-29 10:42 ` Pádraig Brady
2011-06-29 17:29 ` Sunil Mushran
2011-06-29 17:29 ` Sunil Mushran
2011-06-29 17:29 ` Sunil Mushran
2011-06-29 17:29 ` Sunil Mushran
2011-06-29 17:36 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2011-06-29 17:36 ` Christoph Hellwig
2011-06-29 17:40 ` Sunil Mushran
2011-06-29 17:40 ` Sunil Mushran
2011-06-29 21:29 ` Pádraig Brady
2011-06-29 21:29 ` Pádraig Brady
2011-06-29 21:29 ` Pádraig Brady
2011-07-01 9:37 ` Christoph Hellwig
2011-07-01 9:37 ` Christoph Hellwig
2011-06-29 17:10 ` Sunil Mushran
2011-06-29 17:10 ` Sunil Mushran
2011-06-29 17:52 ` Josef Bacik
2011-06-29 17:52 ` Josef Bacik
2011-06-29 13:19 ` Josef Bacik
2011-06-29 13:19 ` Josef Bacik
2011-06-29 13:19 ` Josef Bacik
2011-08-25 6:06 ` Christoph Hellwig
2011-08-25 6:06 ` Christoph Hellwig
2011-08-25 6:40 ` Dave Chinner
2011-08-25 6:40 ` Dave Chinner
2011-08-25 6:51 ` Andreas Dilger
2011-08-25 6:51 ` Andreas Dilger
2011-08-26 1:35 ` Dave Chinner
2011-08-26 1:35 ` Dave Chinner
2011-08-26 6:24 ` Marco Stornelli
2011-08-26 6:24 ` Marco Stornelli
2011-08-26 6:24 ` Marco Stornelli
2011-08-26 14:41 ` Zach Brown
2011-08-26 14:41 ` Zach Brown
2011-08-26 14:41 ` Zach Brown
2011-08-26 14:41 ` Zach Brown
2011-08-27 8:30 ` Marco Stornelli
2011-08-27 8:30 ` Marco Stornelli
2011-08-28 10:17 ` Marco Stornelli
2011-08-28 10:17 ` Marco Stornelli
2011-08-30 17:42 ` Sunil Mushran
2011-08-30 17:42 ` Sunil Mushran
2011-08-31 1:17 ` Sunil Mushran
2011-08-31 1:17 ` Sunil Mushran
2011-08-31 3:29 ` Dave Chinner
2011-08-31 3:29 ` Dave Chinner
2011-08-31 3:53 ` david
2011-08-31 3:53 ` david
2011-08-31 4:43 ` Sunil Mushran
2011-08-31 4:43 ` Sunil Mushran
2011-08-31 9:05 ` Pádraig Brady
2011-08-31 9:05 ` Pádraig Brady
2011-08-31 9:05 ` Pádraig Brady
2011-08-31 4:48 ` Dan Merillat
2011-08-31 4:48 ` Dan Merillat
2011-07-29 9:58 ` [PATCH 1/4] fs: add SEEK_HOLE and SEEK_DATA flags Marco Stornelli
2011-07-29 9:58 ` Marco Stornelli
2011-08-20 9:41 ` Marco Stornelli
2011-08-20 9:41 ` Marco Stornelli
2011-08-20 10:03 ` Marco Stornelli
2011-08-20 10:03 ` Marco Stornelli
2011-08-20 15:36 ` Sunil Mushran
2011-08-20 15:36 ` Sunil Mushran
2011-08-20 16:32 ` Marco Stornelli
2011-08-20 16:32 ` Marco Stornelli
2011-08-22 6:08 ` Sunil Mushran
2011-08-22 6:08 ` Sunil Mushran
2011-08-22 10:56 ` Marco Stornelli
2011-08-22 10:56 ` Marco Stornelli
2011-08-22 10:56 ` Marco Stornelli
2011-08-22 10:56 ` Marco Stornelli
2011-08-22 15:57 ` Sunil Mushran
2011-08-22 15:57 ` Sunil Mushran
2011-08-22 17:56 ` Marco Stornelli
2011-08-22 17:56 ` Marco Stornelli
2011-08-22 21:22 ` Sunil Mushran
2011-08-22 21:22 ` Sunil Mushran
2011-08-23 17:44 ` Marco Stornelli
2011-08-23 17:44 ` Marco Stornelli
2011-08-31 0:35 ` Dave Chinner
2011-08-31 0:35 ` Dave Chinner
[not found] ` <CAGpXXZ+xjhadprkc_LiP3qUypLLkCxdeEmo8+K+6mOnBuNhmLg@mail.gmail.com>
2011-08-20 17:18 ` Greg Freemyer
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2011-06-27 18:02 Josef Bacik
2011-06-27 18:02 ` [PATCH] xfstests 255: add a seek_data/seek_hole tester Josef Bacik
2011-06-27 18:32 ` Andreas Dilger
2011-06-27 18:47 ` Josef Bacik
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