linux-ext4 - Re: Copying Data Blocks

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Date:	Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:15:24 +0800
From:	Peter Teoh <htmldeveloper@...il.com>
To:	Rohit Sharma <imreckless@...il.com>
Cc:	ext4 <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kernelnewbies <kernelnewbies@...linux.org>
Subject: Re: Copying Data Blocks

Sorry.....some mistakes...a resent:

Here are some tips on the blockdevice API:

http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/1/24/287
http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Kernel/2006-01/msg09388.html

as indicated, documentation is rather sparse in this area.

not sure if anyone else have a summary list of blockdevice API and its
explanation?

not wrt the following "cleanup patch", i am not sure how the API will change:

http://lwn.net/Articles/304485/

thanks.

On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 6:36 PM, Rohit Sharma <imreckless@...il.com> wrote:
>
> I want to read data blocks from one inode
> and copy it to other inode.
>
> I mean to copy data from data blocks associated with one inode
> to the data blocks associated with other inode.
>
> Is that possible in kernel space.?
> --



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Regards,
Peter Teoh
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