On Thu, 2006-11-09 at 07:46 -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> sho@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > I have written the patches of ioctl for extent base online defragment
> > and the command which call it.
> > These patches are at the experimental stage so they need many
> > improvements. But they work well so far as basic defragmenter,
> > which means they are worth enough to examine my trial.
> >
> > - Specify the target area in a file using the following structure:
> > struct ext3_ext_defrag_data {
> > loff_t start_offset; /* start offset to defrag in bytes */
> > loff_t defrag_size; /* size of defrag in bytes */
> > }
> > It uses loff_t so that the size of the structure is identical on
> > both 32 bits and 64 bits architecture.
> > Block allocation, including searching for the free contiguous
> > blocks, is implemented in kernel.
>
> NAK the ioctl approach.
I agree it shouldn't go into mainline this way, but while the details of
the proper interface are debated, this implementation at least allows
the core function to be tested & reviewed.
> People who like ioctls are just holdovers from non-Linux OS's.
>
> Jeff
Shaggy
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David Kleikamp
IBM Linux Technology Center
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