Re: ext4 extents: How to determine if an extent points to a hole.

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On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 5:44 PM, SandeepKsinha <sandeepksinha@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Looking at the flags in the extent info,  Is there any specifc flags
> which indicates an extent to be a HOLE??

I am not sure if I understand the question correctly ...... why would
you need that ? Can you give an example where it should be used ??

>
> I could only find the following ones...
>
>  39#define FIEMAP_MAX_OFFSET       (~0ULL)
>  40
>  41#define FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC        0x00000001 /* sync file data before map */
>  42#define FIEMAP_FLAG_XATTR       0x00000002 /* map extended attribute tree */
>  43
>  44#define FIEMAP_FLAGS_COMPAT     (FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC | FIEMAP_FLAG_XATTR)
>  45
>  46#define FIEMAP_EXTENT_LAST              0x00000001 /* Last extent
> in file. */
>  47#define FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNKNOWN           0x00000002 /* Data
> location unknown. */
>  48#define FIEMAP_EXTENT_DELALLOC          0x00000004 /* Location
> still pending.
>  49                                                    * Sets
> EXTENT_UNKNOWN. */
>  50#define FIEMAP_EXTENT_ENCODED           0x00000008 /* Data can not be read
>  51                                                    * while fs is
> unmounted */
>  52#define FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_ENCRYPTED    0x00000080 /* Data is
> encrypted by fs.
>  53                                                    * Sets
> EXTENT_NO_BYPASS. */
>  54#define FIEMAP_EXTENT_NOT_ALIGNED       0x00000100 /* Extent
> offsets may not be
>  55                                                    * block aligned. */
>  56#define FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_INLINE       0x00000200 /* Data mixed
> with metadata.
>  57                                                    * Sets
> EXTENT_NOT_ALIGNED.*/
>  58#define FIEMAP_EXTENT_DATA_TAIL         0x00000400 /* Multiple
> files in block.
>  59                                                    * Sets
> EXTENT_NOT_ALIGNED.*/
>  60#define FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNWRITTEN         0x00000800 /* Space allocated, but
>  61                                                    * no data
> (i.e. zero). */
>  62#define FIEMAP_EXTENT_MERGED            0x00001000 /* File does not natively
>  63                                                    * support
> extents. Result
>  64                                                    * merged for
> efficiency. */
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Sandeep.
>
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