Re: [Bug 13930] New: non-contiguous files (64.9%) on a ext4 fs

[Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>]

Andreas Dilger wrote:
> On Aug 07, 2009  09:58 +0000, bugzilla-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote:
>> Normally ext4 is a perfect non-contifuous FS ... so why when I make an:
>>
>> sudo e2fsck -v -f -p /dev/sdc1
>>
>>    15953 inodes used (0.03%)
>>    10361 non-contiguous files (64.9%)
>>
>> We have 64.9% of non-contiguous files on a ext4 fs, 
>>
>> Files have been transfered from a cifs mount (useful ?) and files size are
>> [2-10]|[600-800]MB
> 
> Note that the largest single extent in ext4 is 128MB, so it is perfectly
> normal to have fragmented files if they are 600MB in size.  Maybe we should
> change the e2fsck stats to not consider a file fragmented if it fills the
> whole block group (less any metadata therein)?

Ah that crossed my mind, but since so many other e2fsprogs tools
coalesce adjacent extents and report "1" I figured e2fsck was too
(though I didn't look...)

-Eric