From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list xfs); Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:46:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zebday.corky.net (corky.net [212.150.53.130]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id l5T7kItL021680 for ; Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:46:20 -0700 Message-ID: <4684B716.6030601@corky.net> Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 08:39:02 +0100 From: Just Marc MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: xfs_fsr, performance related tweaks References: <4683ADEB.3010106@corky.net> <46841C60.5030207@sandeen.net> <4684A506.4030705@corky.net> <4684A98B.1030000@corky.net> <20070629070814.GR31489@sgi.com> <4684B1CC.60004@corky.net> <20070629074114.GS31489@sgi.com> In-Reply-To: <20070629074114.GS31489@sgi.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: xfs To: David Chinner Cc: Barry Naujok , xfs@oss.sgi.com I agree with you. But what about files it works on, heavily, then decides they can't be defragged further? then it tries to defrag them again and again and again. And that's the end of my story. David Chinner wrote: > No, I don't - if you want files not to be defragmented, then you > have to set the flags yourself in some way. You have a specific need > that can be solved by some scripting to describe your defrag/no > defrag policy. xfs_fsr has no place is setting defrag policy; it's > function is simply to find and defrag files. > > Cheers, > > Dave. >