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Feature #1680

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support reflink (cheap file copy/clone)

Added by Anonymous over 12 years ago. Updated 8 months ago.

Status:
New
Priority:
Low
Assignee:
-
Category:
Performance/Resource Usage
Target version:
-
% Done:

0%

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Component(FS):
Client, Common/Protocol, Ganesha FSAL, MDS, ceph-fuse, kceph, libcephfs, osdc
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Description

It seems the API is still fs-specific ioctls, but there's repeated discussion about reflink(2).
If a nice common API arises, or if we're willing to have our own Ceph-specific ioctl, there's some interest for having reflink functionality out there.

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.file-systems/31535


Related issues 2 (2 open0 closed)

Related to CephFS - Feature #44274: mds: disconnect file data from inode numberNewMilind Changire

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Blocked by CephFS - Feature #24464: cephfs: file-level snapshotsNew06/08/2018

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