On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 09:58:25PM -0700, Valerie Henson wrote: > Here's an example, spelled out: > > Allocate file 1 in chunk A. > Grow file 1. > Chunk A fills up. > Allocate continuation inode for file 1 in chunk B. > Chunk A gets some free space. > Chunk B fills up. > Pick chunk A for allocating next block of file 1. > Try to look up a continuation inode for file 1 in chunk A. > Continuation inode for file 1 found in chunk A! > Attach newly allocated block to existing inode for file 1 in chunk A. So far, so good (and the slides are helpful, tx!). What happens when file 1 keeps growing and chunk A fills up (and chunk B is still full)? Can the same continuation inode also point at chunk C, where the file is going to grow to? Jeff -- Work email - jdike at linux dot intel dot com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
