Re: [PATCH 1/5] ext4 online defrag header file changes

[Akira Fujita <a-fujita@rs.jp.nec.com>]

> On Mar 17, 2008  15:28 +0900, Akira Fujita wrote:
>   
>> Hi Andreas,
>>     
>>>> How about renaming this structure from ext4_extent_data to
>>>> ext4_extent_info which used the extent in-core structure
>>>> and put it into ext4_fs_extents.h? Because in-core super_block is 
>>>> ext4_sb_info.
>>>>
>>>> /*
>>>>  * This is the extent in-core structure.
>>>>  */
>>>> struct ext4_extent_info {
>>>> 	ext4_lblk_t	ee_block;	/* first logical block extent covers */
>>>> 	int		ee_len;		/* number of blocks covered by extent */
>>>> 	ext4_fsblk_t	ee_start;	/* first physical block extent covers */
>>>> };          
>>>>         
>>> Would it be possible to use the FIEMAP interface to get the file mapping
>>> data to userspace?  That would avoid the need to have a second ioctl
>>> with nearly the same data.
>>>       
>>   
>> Reducing ioctl makes sense.
>> But EXT4_EXTENTS_INFO needs to get the file mapping data
>> with inode number not file name.
>> So we should keep ext4_extents_info structure
>> or put ino entry in fiemap structure.
>>     
>
> We introduced a special ioctl for this which would allow root to perform
> ioctl() on any inode by inode number.  We call this EXT4_IOC_WRAPPER, and
> it is called on the root inode and specifies the inode number and real
> ioctl number before the rest of the ioctl data.
>
> struct ext4_ioctl_wrapper {
> 	__u32 ioctl_cmd;
> 	__u32 padding;
> 	__u64 ioctl_ino;
> 	char ioctl_data[0];
> };
>
> More patch is available, but it isn't in a self-contained patch.
>
>   
Is EXT4_IOC_FIEMAP going to be added to the ext4 patch queue?
I will try to use EXT4_IOC_FIEMAP instead of EXT4_IOC_EXTENTS_INFO
in ext4 online defrag when kernel supports it.

Regards, Akira