Re: [PATCH] fsmap: fix documentation of FMR_OF_LAST

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On Fri, Sep 01, 2017 at 08:07:16AM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> fmh_entries is the number of records returned, not the number of records
> in the dataset.  If, for example, you allocate space for 100 records and
> perform a query for a block that has been reflinked 1000 times, the
> dataset size is 1000 but fmh_entries is set to 100.  The lack of a LAST
> flag on the 100th record tells you that there's more records to return.
> 
> If however you allocate space for 100 records and the block is reflinked
> exactly 100 times, there's no way (without the flag) for userspace to
> know that record 100 is the end of the dataset, so the only thing it can
> do is to fsmap_advance() and try the query again, only to receive zero
> results.  Granted I don't think fsmap queries are all /that/ expensive,
> but it's trivial for the kernel to set the flag.

Oh, ok - it had to look up this defintion of dataset first.  With
that the explanation makes total sense:

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
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