On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 3:49 PM, <tytso@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 12:32:29PM -0700, Sunil Mushran wrote: >> >> We (ocfs2) are looking to add a new attribute to denote files that >> have a fixed allocation on disk. But at the same time, allow writes >> that do not change the allocation on disk. No truncating, extending, >> filling holes, etc. We were thinking of calling it "Static" files. > > That's an interesting set of semantics, and it might make sense to > conflate that with a local disk "don't move or defrag" the file > option. I'm not crazy with the name "static", since it could mean a > number of other things in other contexts, but I admit I can't think of > a better name. FROZEN? PRE-ALLOCATED? FALLOCATE_ONLY? FROZEN_ALLOCATION? STATIC_ALLOCATION? I like the last 2 choices myself. Greg -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
