Re: filefrag and reflink

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On 7/18/18 12:59 PM, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 12:41:27PM -0600, Chris Murphy wrote:
>> xfsprogs 4.17.0 mkfs with reflink=1
>> kernel 4.17.6
>>
>> $ fallocate -l 1g tmp2
>> $ cp --reflink tmp2 tmp3
>> $ filefrag -v *
>> Filesystem type is: 58465342
>> File size of tmp2 is 1073741824 (262144 blocks of 4096 bytes)
>>  ext:     logical_offset:        physical_offset: length:   expected: flags:
>>    0:        0..  130136:         24..    130160: 130137:             unwritten
>>    1:   130137..  260280:     131082..    261225: 130144:     130161: unwritten
>>    2:   260281..  262143:     264714..    266576:   1863:     261226:
>> last,unwritten,eof
>> tmp2: 3 extents found
>> File size of tmp3 is 1073741824 (262144 blocks of 4096 bytes)
>> tmp3: 0 extents found
>> [chris@f28s xfs]$
>>
>>
>> Is this expected? When I do it on Btrfs, I see identical information
>> for the two files after reflink copy, with flags "unwritten,shared".
> 
> Yes.  xfs doesn't share unwritten extents; what would be the point?
> 
> --D

<materializes somewhere on a US western interstate>

Seems a little weird that bare cp will create a written file full of
zeros, while a cp --reflink will create a sparse file, though?

-Eric
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