Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: introduce device aliasing file

2024-09-19 Thread Chao Yu via Linux-f2fs-devel
On 2024/9/14 5:28, Daeho Jeong wrote: From: Daeho Jeong F2FS should understand how the device aliasing file works and support deleting the file after use. A device aliasing file can be created by mkfs.f2fs tool and it can map the whole device with an extrent, not using node blocks. The file spa

Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH v2 2/2] mkfs.f2fs: add device aliasing feature

2024-09-19 Thread Chao Yu via Linux-f2fs-devel
On 2024/9/17 3:20, Daeho Jeong wrote: From: Daeho Jeong We can add a device aliasing file which can map the whole device with an extent, not using node blocks. This mapped area should be pinned and normally used for read-only usages. After finished using it, we can deallocate the whole area and