Test results for the patch. mmaptest simply maps a range and write to it. The length of the extent indicate whether it is initialized or not.
There is no space in the file system for another block. So the uninitialized extent have to be converted to initialized extent. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/ext4# /root/mmaptest testfile 0 100 mmaping 0 to 100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] linux-2.6.25-rc2]$ ~/ext4migrate --display /home/kvaneesh/test-images/ext3.img testfile extent: block=0-3 len=4 start=1153 start_hi=0 extent: block=4-32807 len=32804 start=1157 start_hi=0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/ext4# dd if=/root/a.c of=testfile seek=6 bs=4096 conv=notrunc [EMAIL PROTECTED] linux-2.6.25-rc2]$ ~/ext4migrate --display /home/kvaneesh/test-images/ext3.img testfile extent: block=0-3 len=4 start=1153 start_hi=0 extent: block=4-32791 len=32788 start=1157 start_hi=0 extent: block=24-24 len=1 start=1177 start_hi=0 extent: block=25-32807 len=32783 start=1178 start_hi=0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/ext4# dd if=/root/a.c of=testfile seek=8 bs=4096 conv=notrunc [EMAIL PROTECTED] linux-2.6.25-rc2]$ ~/ext4migrate --display /home/kvaneesh/test-images/ext3.img testfile extent: block=0-3 len=4 start=1153 start_hi=0 extent: block=4-32791 len=32788 start=1157 start_hi=0 extent: block=24-24 len=1 start=1177 start_hi=0 extent: block=25-39 len=15 start=1178 start_hi=0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/ext4# /root/mmaptest testfile 4096 5000 mmaping 4096 to 5000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] linux-2.6.25-rc2]$ ~/ext4migrate --display /home/kvaneesh/test-images/ext3.img testfile extent: block=0-3 len=4 start=1153 start_hi=0 extent: block=4-23 len=20 start=1157 start_hi=0 extent: block=24-24 len=1 start=1177 start_hi=0 extent: block=25-39 len=15 start=1178 start_hi=0 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
