linux-ext4 - Re: [RFC] Ext3 online defrag

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Message-ID: <453E28A4.5020107@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 24 Oct 2006 09:52:20 -0500
From:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
To:	David Chinner <dgc@....com>
CC:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>, Alex Tomas <alex@...sterfs.com>,
	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] Ext3 online defrag

David Chinner wrote:
> The allocation interface, OTOH, is anything but simple and is really
> a filesystem specific interface. Seems logical to me to separate
> the two. 

And ext[234] preallocation would be a very nice feature in its own right.

-Eric
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