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From: Rodrigo Campos <rodrigo@sdfg.com.ar>
To: util-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: fallocate: Add "--dig-holes" options and minor fixes
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 19:17:25 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1390677448-7173-1-git-send-email-rodrigo@sdfg.com.ar> (raw)

Hi,

As discussed in this[1] gmane thread, I'm submitting the funtionality to dig
holes as part of the fallocate(1) command.

When using this option, the file is searched for chunks of '\0's and digs a hole
when possible. The end result should (if a hole was found) an sparse file
created in-place.

The patchset consist of 3 patches, the first one:

	[PATCH 1/3] fallocate: Clarify that space can also be deallocated

is just a fix to make clear that the fallocate tool as already is, is capable of
dellocations too (not only preallocations).

The next 2 patches are:

	[PATCH 2/3] fallocate: Hide #ifdef tricks to call fallocate in a

	Which creates a function that has the #ifdef, that will be useful when
we call fallocate from different places in the code (i.e. in the next patch)

	[PATCH 3/3] fallocate: Add "--dig-holes" option

	That just adds the option and updates the manpage.


Comments and suggestions totally welcome! :)




Thanks a lot,
Rodrigo

[1]: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.utilities.util-linux-ng/8415


             reply	other threads:[~2014-01-25 19:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-01-25 19:17 Rodrigo Campos [this message]
2014-01-25 19:17 ` [PATCH 1/3] fallocate: Clarify that space can also be deallocated Rodrigo Campos
2014-01-25 19:17 ` [PATCH 2/3] fallocate: Hide #ifdef tricks to call fallocate in a function Rodrigo Campos
2014-01-25 19:17 ` [PATCH 3/3] fallocate: Add "--dig-holes" option Rodrigo Campos
2014-01-26 14:43   ` [PATCH v2] " Rodrigo Campos
2014-01-26 15:06     ` [PATCH v3] " Rodrigo Campos
2014-02-14 10:47       ` Karel Zak
2014-02-14 11:34         ` Karel Zak
2014-02-14 13:16           ` Rodrigo Campos
2014-02-14 13:07         ` Rodrigo Campos
2014-02-14 13:30           ` Karel Zak
2014-02-14 13:35             ` Rodrigo Campos
2014-02-17 10:32         ` Karel Zak
2014-02-17 14:15           ` Rodrigo Campos
2014-02-17 14:49             ` Karel Zak
2014-02-17 15:42               ` Rodrigo Campos
2014-01-25 19:23 ` fallocate: Add "--dig-holes" options and minor fixes Rodrigo Campos
     [not found]   ` <20140201040414.GA23360@sdfg.com.ar>
2014-02-11 11:31     ` Rodrigo Campos
2014-02-11 18:34       ` Karel Zak
2014-02-11 18:43         ` Rodrigo Campos

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