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authorJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2011-04-20 11:21:09 +0200
committerJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2011-04-20 18:48:48 +0200
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downloadcoreutils-18a474d755aa10d881243d9457d2c420c5e4ea77.tar.xz
copy: use FIEMAP (extent_copy) only for apparently-sparse files,
to avoid the expense of extent_copy's unconditional use of FIEMAP_FLAG_SYNC. * src/copy.c (copy_reg): Do not attempt extent_copy on a file that appears to have no holes. * NEWS (Changes in behavior): Document this. At first I labeled this as a bug fix, but that would be inaccurate, considering there is no documentation of FIEMAP semantics, nor even consensus among kernel FS developers. Here's hoping SEEK_HOLE/SEEK_DATA support will soon make it into the linux kernel.
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