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Message-ID: <14477.1336641794@redhat.com>
Date:	Thu, 10 May 2012 10:23:14 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Andreas Dilger <aedilger@...il.com>,
	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, "adilger@...ger.ca" <adilger@...ger.ca>,
	"bfields@...ldses.org" <bfields@...ldses.org>,
	"smfrench@...il.com" <smfrench@...il.com>,
	"ben@...adent.org.uk" <ben@...adent.org.uk>,
	"Trond.Myklebust@...app.com" <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>,
	"roland@...k.frob.com" <roland@...k.frob.com>,
	"linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
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	"samba-technical@...ts.samba.org" <samba-technical@...ts.samba.org>,
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	"linux-api@...r.kernel.org" <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
	"libc-alpha@...rceware.org" <libc-alpha@...rceware.org>
Subject: Re: Extended file stat: Splitting file- and fs-specific info?

Andreas Dilger <aedilger@...il.com> wrote:

> The main question I have about these fields is what the difference is
> between st_blksize and st_alloc_blksize?

I would assume that st_blksize is some ideal I/O size, not the allocation
block size.  Dave Chinner might be able to answer better as he suggested these
I/O information fields.

David
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