linux-ext4 - Re: Online defragmentation and ext4migrate

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Message-ID: <46517669.50804@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Mon, 21 May 2007 16:07:29 +0530
From:	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Takashi Sato <sho@...s.nec.co.jp>
CC:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Online defragmentation and ext4migrate



Takashi Sato wrote:
> Hi Aneesh san,
> 
> 
> In my opinion, to keep the ioctl simple and small is very important
> for ease of maintenance.  So I would rather not support indirect
> block files in the ioctl.
> Instead, I can add the call of the migration ioctl to my defrag tool in 
> order
> to defragment indirect block files.  How do you think of it?
> 


That should be fine. So i will start moving the ext4migrate code as a 
ext4 ioctl and later will send you a patch to the defrag tool that will 
migrate and defrag.


-aneesh

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