Re: filefrag and reflink

[Carlos Maiolino <cmaiolino@redhat.com>]

On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 01:27:40PM -0700, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> 
> 
> On 7/18/18 12:59 PM, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 12:41:27PM -0600, Chris Murphy wrote:
> >> xfsprogs 4.17.0 mkfs with reflink=1
> >> kernel 4.17.6
> >>
> >> $ fallocate -l 1g tmp2
> >> $ cp --reflink tmp2 tmp3
> >> $ filefrag -v *
> >> Filesystem type is: 58465342
> >> File size of tmp2 is 1073741824 (262144 blocks of 4096 bytes)
> >>  ext:     logical_offset:        physical_offset: length:   expected: flags:
> >>    0:        0..  130136:         24..    130160: 130137:             unwritten
> >>    1:   130137..  260280:     131082..    261225: 130144:     130161: unwritten
> >>    2:   260281..  262143:     264714..    266576:   1863:     261226:
> >> last,unwritten,eof
> >> tmp2: 3 extents found
> >> File size of tmp3 is 1073741824 (262144 blocks of 4096 bytes)
> >> tmp3: 0 extents found
> >> [chris@f28s xfs]$
> >>
> >>
> >> Is this expected? When I do it on Btrfs, I see identical information
> >> for the two files after reflink copy, with flags "unwritten,shared".
> > 
> > Yes.  xfs doesn't share unwritten extents; what would be the point?
> > 
> > --D
> 
> <materializes somewhere on a US western interstate>
> 
> Seems a little weird that bare cp will create a written file full of
> zeros, while a cp --reflink will create a sparse file, though?

cp actually can have different behaviors when --reflink is specified, from the
manpage (formatting slightly modified):

"
By default, sparse SOURCE files are detected by a crude heuristic and the
corresponding DEST file is made sparse  as  well. That  is  the  behavior
selected  by  --sparse=auto.
Specify --sparse=always  to  create  a  sparse DEST file whenever the SOURCE
file contains a long enough sequence of zero bytes.  Use --sparse=never to
inhibit creation of sparse files.

When --reflink[=always] is specified, perform a lightweight copy,  where  the
data  blocks  are copied  only  when  modified.   If  this is not possible the
copy fails, or if --reflink=auto is specified, fall back to a standard copy.
"

> 
> -Eric
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Carlos