Hi, I want to do this at the filesystem-level not in user-space. I have a stackable-filesystem that runs as a layer on top of the existing filesystem (with all the function pointers mapped to the corresponding base filesystem function pointers, and other suitable adjustments). So yes I have access to the filesystem. But the question is how can I access those particular data-blocks? On 8/5/06, Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sat, 2006-08-05 at 00:55 -0700, Avinash Ramanath wrote: > Hi, > > As per your suggestion, if I write a file with zero bits, it would > remap to other pages, and I might not zero the real pages. So is there > any other way that I can access the pages that a file is using? there is an ioctl to find the blocks the file is in.. but still that's only a snapshot, not a guarantee. What you really need/want is to do this at the filesystem level, you can't reliably do it above that level. -- if you want to mail me at work (you don't), use arjan (at) linux.intel.com
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