Re: [PATCH v2 10/9] copy_file_range.2: New page documenting copy_file_range()

2015-09-28 Thread Darrick J. Wong
On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 04:10:47PM -0400, Anna Schumaker wrote: > On 09/14/2015 02:32 PM, Darrick J. Wong wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 09:50:18AM +0200, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > >> Hi Anna, > >> > >> On 09/11/2015 10:30 PM, Anna Schumaker wrote: > >>> copy_file_range() is a new

Re: [PATCH v2 10/9] copy_file_range.2: New page documenting copy_file_range()

2015-09-22 Thread Pádraig Brady
On 22/09/15 21:10, Anna Schumaker wrote: > On 09/14/2015 02:32 PM, Darrick J. Wong wrote: >> On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 09:50:18AM +0200, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: >>> Hi Anna, >>> Furthermore, I even wonder if explicitly specifying flags as >>> COPY_FR_COPY | COPY_FR_REFLINK should just

Re: [PATCH v2 10/9] copy_file_range.2: New page documenting copy_file_range()

2015-09-22 Thread Anna Schumaker
Hi Michael, On 09/13/2015 03:50 AM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > Hi Anna, > > On 09/11/2015 10:30 PM, Anna Schumaker wrote: >> copy_file_range() is a new system call for copying ranges of data >> completely in the kernel. This gives filesystems an opportunity to >> implement some kind

Re: [PATCH v2 10/9] copy_file_range.2: New page documenting copy_file_range()

2015-09-14 Thread Darrick J. Wong
On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 09:50:18AM +0200, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > Hi Anna, > > On 09/11/2015 10:30 PM, Anna Schumaker wrote: > > copy_file_range() is a new system call for copying ranges of data > > completely in the kernel. This gives filesystems an opportunity to > > implement

Re: [PATCH v2 10/9] copy_file_range.2: New page documenting copy_file_range()

2015-09-14 Thread Austin S Hemmelgarn
On 2015-09-13 03:50, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: Hi Anna, On 09/11/2015 10:30 PM, Anna Schumaker wrote: copy_file_range() is a new system call for copying ranges of data completely in the kernel. This gives filesystems an opportunity to implement some kind of "copy acceleration", such

Re: [PATCH v2 10/9] copy_file_range.2: New page documenting copy_file_range()

2015-09-13 Thread Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
Hi Anna, On 09/11/2015 10:30 PM, Anna Schumaker wrote: > copy_file_range() is a new system call for copying ranges of data > completely in the kernel. This gives filesystems an opportunity to > implement some kind of "copy acceleration", such as reflinks or > server-side-copy (in the case of