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From: Koen De Wit <koen.de.wit@oracle.com>
To: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Bug: trying to create reflink on different device results in empty file
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 23:16:03 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <50C7B0A3.7040408@oracle.com> (raw)

When trying to create a clone (reflink) of a file on a different device, 
you'll get this error:
     Invalid cross-device link

However, an empty file is created on the target location. An invalid 
clone operation should not result in the creation of a file.


Example:

# mount
(...)
/dev/sdb1 on /mnt/diskb type btrfs (rw)
/dev/sdf1 on /mnt/diskf type btrfs (rw)

# ls -l diskb
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11 Dec 11 22:45 testfile.txt

# ls -l diskf
total 0

# cp --reflink diskb/testfile.txt diskf/testcopy.txt
cp: failed to clone `diskf/testcopy.txt' from `diskb/testfile.txt': 
Invalid cross-device link

# ls -l diskf
total 0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Dec 11 22:56 testcopy.txt


             reply	other threads:[~2012-12-11 22:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-12-11 22:16 Koen De Wit [this message]
2012-12-19 16:04 ` Bug: trying to create reflink on different device results in empty file David Sterba

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