linux-kernel - Re: [patch 0/6][RFC] Cleanup FIBMAP

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Date:	Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:01:48 -0700
From:	Zach Brown <zab@...bo.net>
To:	Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com>
CC:	Mike Waychison <mikew@...gle.com>,
	Anton Altaparmakov <aia21@....ac.uk>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 0/6][RFC] Cleanup FIBMAP


> But, we shouldn't inflict all of this on fibmap/fiemap....we'll get
> lost trying to make the one true interface for all operations.
> 
> For grouping operations on files, I think a read_tree syscall with
> hints for what userland will do (read, stat, delete, list
> filenames), and a better cookie than readdir should do it.

Agreed, on both points.

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