linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 21/49] e2fsck: print runs of duplicate blocks instead of all of them

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Message-ID: <20140315161917.GD17270@thunk.org>
Date:	Sat, 15 Mar 2014 12:19:17 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	"Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 21/49] e2fsck: print runs of duplicate blocks instead of
 all of them

On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 11:56:12PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> When pass1 finds blocks that are mapped to multiple files, it will
> print every duplicated block.  If there are long sequences of
> duplicate blocks (e.g. the e_pblk field is wrong in an extent), this
> can cause a gigantic flood of output when a range could convey the
> same information.  Therefore, teach pass1b to print ranges when
> possible.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@...cle.com>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted
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