From: Reindl Harald <h.reindl@thelounge.net>
To: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@sandeen.net>, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: e4defrag don't work really well
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 19:21:50 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <95b1df7e-3eb9-484c-d655-c42501ce7429@thelounge.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e21a53a9-10c5-a9da-02a6-338a78688c11@sandeen.net>
Am 16.02.23 um 17:50 schrieb Eric Sandeen:
> On 2/12/23 12:14 PM, Reindl Harald wrote:
>>
>> what's wrong with e4defrag that it pretends it reduced th efragments of a file to 1 while in the next "e4defrag -c" (why does that only list 5 files at all) the same file is listed again with the same old frag count?
>
> You might want to examine the actual allocation before and after with "filefrag -v"
> which could offer some clues to whether anything was modified by e4defrag.
>
> (I would also suggest that there is no need to defragment a 3-extent 2 megabyte
> file, in general.)
it's not a question if it's needed
the point is it pretends "Success: [1/1]" but a following "e4defrag -c"
still says "now/best 3/1"
>> ----------------------------
>>
>> [root@srv-rhsoft:~]$ e4defrag -c /mnt/data/audio/
>> e4defrag 1.46.5 (30-Dec-2021)
>> <Fragmented files> now/best size/ext
>> 1. /mnt/data/audio/Smokie/Solid Ground/Smokie - Little Town Flirt.mp3
>> 3/1 2389 KB
>> 2. /mnt/data/audio/Ace Frehley/Second Sighting/Ace Frehley - Fallen Angel.mp3
>> 3/1 2389 KB
>> 3. /mnt/data/audio/Mr. Big/Defying Gravity/Mr. Big - Mean To Me.mp3
>> 3/1 2389 KB
>> 4. /mnt/data/audio/Juice Newton/Quiet Lies/Juice Newton - Im Gonna Be Strong.mp3
>> 3/1 2389 KB
>> 5. /mnt/data/audio/Vicious Rumors/Something Burning/Vicious Rumors - Ballhog.mp3
>> 3/1 2389 KB
>>
>> ----------------------------
>>
>> [root@srv-rhsoft:~]$ e4defrag "/mnt/data/audio/Smokie/Solid Ground/Smokie - Little Town Flirt.mp3"
>> e4defrag 1.46.5 (30-Dec-2021)
>> ext4 defragmentation for /mnt/data/audio/Smokie/Solid Ground/Smokie - Little Town Flirt.mp3
>> [1/1]/mnt/data/audio/Smokie/Solid Ground/Smokie - Little Town Flirt.mp3: 100% [ OK ]
>> Success: [1/1]
>>
>> ----------------------------
>>
>> [root@srv-rhsoft:~]$ e4defrag -c /mnt/data/audio/
>> e4defrag 1.46.5 (30-Dec-2021)
>> <Fragmented files> now/best size/ext
>> 1. /mnt/data/audio/Smokie/Solid Ground/Smokie - Little Town Flirt.mp3
>> 3/1 2389 KB
>> 2. /mnt/data/audio/Ace Frehley/Second Sighting/Ace Frehley - Fallen Angel.mp3
>> 3/1 2389 KB
>> 3. /mnt/data/audio/Mr. Big/Defying Gravity/Mr. Big - Mean To Me.mp3
>> 3/1 2389 KB
>> 4. /mnt/data/audio/Juice Newton/Quiet Lies/Juice Newton - Im Gonna Be Strong.mp3
>> 3/1 2389 KB
>> 5. /mnt/data/audio/Vicious Rumors/Something Burning/Vicious Rumors - Ballhog.mp3
>> 3/1 2389 KB
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-02-16 18:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-02-12 18:14 e4defrag don't work really well Reindl Harald
2023-02-16 16:50 ` Eric Sandeen
2023-02-16 18:21 ` Reindl Harald [this message]
2023-02-16 19:56 ` Eric Sandeen
2023-02-16 20:35 ` Reindl Harald
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