From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Priya PM <pmpriya@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Query: XFS reflink unique block measurement / snapshot accounting
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2025 22:58:04 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aHScbEVwQad_ryX5@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAP=9937nv-k1dTbHHRZF3=jizvRKcQNAa9_nM_Z1RA8VMYhKSg@mail.gmail.com>
On Sat, Jul 12, 2025 at 01:19:19PM +0530, Priya PM wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was using reflinks to create snapshots of an XFS filesystem;
> however, I’m looking for ways to determine the unique snapshot usage
> or perform snapshot accounting.
Can you explain what you are trying to measure? How many blocks in a
given file are refcounted blocks with other users? Or the difference
between i_blocks for all files combined vs actual space usage?
There isn't really such a thing as snapshot accouting in XFS.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-07-14 5:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-07-12 7:49 Query: XFS reflink unique block measurement / snapshot accounting Priya PM
2025-07-14 5:58 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2025-07-15 13:51 ` Priya PM
2025-07-15 16:09 ` Christoph Hellwig
2025-07-14 20:54 ` Dave Chinner
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