From: ching <lsching17@gmail.com>
To: "linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org" <linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: btrfs defrag problem
Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2012 07:48:00 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <50985030.6020804@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20121105225716.GO3102@twin.jikos.cz>
On 11/06/2012 06:57 AM, David Sterba wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 01, 2012 at 05:17:04AM +0800, ching wrote:
>>>> 3. Is any possible to online defrag a btrfs partition without hindered by mount point/polyinstantied directories?
>>> Sorry, I do not understand the question.
>> when a device is mounted under a directory, files in the directory is "hidden", and files in the device is "available", right?
>> when a directory is polyinstantied, files in the original directory is "hidden", and files in the polyinstantied directory is "available",
>>
>> How to get past them and pass those "hidden" files to defrag command?
> I hope I get it right, so unless you have a reference to the directory
> with hidden files (using your term), there's no way to access them. And
> this is a more generic question, not related to btrfs itself. The hidden
> files may also belong to a different filesystem.
>
> david
>
thank for your explanation
ching
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-11-05 23:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-10-30 11:47 btrfs defrag problem ching
2012-10-30 12:08 ` cwillu
2012-10-31 0:14 ` ching
2012-10-31 0:40 ` David Sterba
2012-10-31 21:17 ` ching
2012-11-05 22:57 ` David Sterba
2012-11-05 23:48 ` ching [this message]
2012-11-06 13:49 ` Sander
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