Re: [RFC] ext4_bmap() may return blocks outside filesystem

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On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Theodore Tso <tytso@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 10:39:59AM -0500, Ric Wheeler wrote:
>> Greg Freemyer wrote:
>>> This is just a rant, and I doubt anyone can do anything about it, but
>>> it is still worth reading imho.
>
> It also has absolutely nothing to do with the original thread, which
> was block numbers which are far outside the range of valid block
> numbers given the size of the block device.  :-)
>

The subject was "return blocks outside filesystem".

In a thin-provisioning environment I'd argue that unmapped sectors are
"outside the filesystem". :)

Unfortunately, I can't get anyone else to see the world from my
apparently unique perspective. :(
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