From: 𝕍𝕖𝕝𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕗𝕪𝕖𝕣 <velocifyer@velocifyer.com>
To: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Why does defragmenting break reflinks?
Date: Thu, 29 May 2025 19:52:31 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9d74d71f-b65d-4f06-adb3-18f7698edb8a@velocifyer.com> (raw)
BTRFS-FILESYSTEM(8) says "defragmenting with Linux kernel versions <
3.9 or ≥ 3.14-rc2 as well as with Linux stable kernel versions ≥
3.10.31, ≥ 3.12.12 or ≥ 3.13.4 will break up the reflinks of COW data
(for example files copied with cp --reflink, snapshots or de-duplicated
data)." Why does defragmenting not preserve reflinks and why was it removed?
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2025-05-29 23:52 𝕍𝕖𝕝𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕗𝕪𝕖𝕣 [this message]
2025-05-30 0:27 ` Why does defragmenting break reflinks? Qu Wenruo
2025-05-30 22:41 ` 𝕍𝕖𝕝𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕗𝕪𝕖𝕣
[not found] ` <3eabd123-e2a8-4554-b57b-0c84b713cd10@velocifyer.com>
2025-05-30 22:53 ` Qu Wenruo
2025-06-04 21:36 ` Ferry Toth
2025-06-04 21:54 ` 𝕍𝕖𝕝𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕗𝕪𝕖𝕣
2025-06-05 8:17 ` Christopher Snowhill
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