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tag namedefrag-freespace_2021-09-03 (88f0a92dc060d048ef03c3690ec4164e7a99b65d)
tag date2021-09-03 19:42:21 -0700
tagged byDarrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>
tagged objectcommit 55b5b5faf7...
downloadxfs-linux-defrag-freespace_2021-09-03.tar.gz
xfs: defragment free space
These patches contain experimental code to enable userspace to defragment the free space in a filesystem. Two purposes are imagined for this functionality: clearing space at the end of a filesystem before shrinking it, and clearing free space in anticipation of making a large allocation. The first patch adds a new fallocate mode that allows userspace to allocate free space from the filesystem into a file. The goal here is to allow the filesystem shrink process to prevent allocation from a certain part of the filesystem while a free space defragmenter evacuates all the files from the doomed part of the filesystem. The second patch amends the online repair system to allow the sysadmin to forcibly rebuild metadata structures, even if they're not corrupt. Without adding an ioctl to move metadata btree blocks, this is the only way to dislodge metadata. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCgAdFiEEUzaAxoMeQq6m2jMV+H93GTRKtOsFAmEy3Q0ACgkQ+H93GTRK tOul0RAAmq9m3jepjlkWekb9P5gn7eWmGT4FRM7vJKCw0eklqMCWGXpcI0ub3/Hv dDvUQaas6V3yPQZc31wn/eIGUgeiDKMVxI/Xs8iRFYJ4ugLA6aV5YZDofBkBwEtV 3anYYzyIs+LDglH/dplK6iLhd12WhPCtqNszHf2pBWKQUKd2R8RbEP/Va1JyIMll q6Z9rEccC8fvqcPDsiHKrXVxQ0dhzIXoVxtUu3iEqceJ0JIb48IY7/aIbQLK6nxi NMs3FL7FgA5a8OxMKG2dNKbDRi1vNmULJcx2draj/VWrF/D46RfrWwquq97egG82 a012lDMGJaj2gXr13HLk0a6Vi3kpir6qwTyix1rzau2n8PnZ+B7z1jNoAnxyI1Lg t7n//eFEQtIH5LY4ChlA445Ac2QFeSMCuV7D5Qxk4s89VspVtUr6rxd562Ghhm5d yi1bnQNamtriF46dIf55KCt+DNlDtnAtcQA7nOjr4bWzCX397byN1NB+SRyezdzt rpJ+/enZLwqacVlq3fss2oRjMw2+TWDq6Gt6fpZAazwILcg9P9HxwjHCPEjykLaL 3V58jdYNas+y0JA0M69B8wqRZsZ/Uqc4NLLfDzmX5JFGCfe9qHDTjWd8/q4HflLX b1PTtaKFadEiUwX1BWWPK8AGCzAbe+MsLQKhpBFfUDUlEt3AClw= =7HqA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----