On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 7:43 AM, Pranith Kumar Karampuri <pkarampu@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > hi, > I just created a github issue for reflink support(#349) in glusterfs. > We are intending to use this feature to do block snapshots in gluster-block. > > Please let us know your comments on the github issue. I have added the > changes we may need for xlators I know a little bit about. Please help in > identifying gaps in implementing this FOP. Pranith, You might be interested in taking a look at an approach taken earlier to support snapshots using xfs reflink feature. Patch with working code: https://review.gluster.org/#/c/13979/ Spec: https://github.com/gluster/glusterfs-specs/blob/master/under_review/reflink-based-fsnap.md Note: It was more than one and a half years old stuff (April 2016), so expect a rebase :-) Thanks, -- Prasanna > > -- > Pranith _______________________________________________ Gluster-devel mailing list Gluster-devel@xxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-devel
