@@ -150,6 +150,15 @@ value returned indicates that a preferred extent size was previously
set on the file, a
.B fsx_extsize
of zero indicates that the defaults for that filesystem will be used.
+A
+.B fsx_cowextsize
+value returned indicates that a preferred copy on write extent size was
+previously set on the file, whereas a
+.B fsx_cowextsize
+of zero indicates that the defaults for that filesystem will be used.
+The current default for
+.B fsx_cowextsize
+is 128 blocks.
Currently the meaningful bits for the
.B fsx_xflags
field are:
@@ -229,6 +238,19 @@ created and written into the directory.
If the filesystem lives on directly accessible persistent memory, reads and
writes to this file will go straight to the persistent memory, bypassing the
page cache.
+A file cannot be reflinked and have the
+.BR XFS_XFLAG_DAX
+set at the same time.
+That is to say that DAX files cannot share blocks.
+.TP
+.SM "Bit 16 (0x10000) \- XFS_XFLAG_COWEXTSIZE"
+Copy on Write Extent size bit - if a CoW extent size value is set on the file,
+the allocator will allocate extents for staging a copy on write operation
+in multiples of the set size for this file (see
+.B XFS_IOC_FSSETXATTR
+below).
+If the CoW extent size is set on a directory, then new file and directories
+created in the directory will inherit the parent's CoW extent size value.
.TP
.SM "Bit 31 (0x80000000) \- XFS_XFLAG_HASATTR"
The file has extended attributes associated with it.
@@ -251,7 +273,8 @@ The final argument points to a variable of type
.BR "struct fsxattr" ,
but only the following fields are used in this call:
.BR fsx_xflags ,
-.B fsx_extsize
+.BR fsx_extsize ,
+.BR fsx_cowextsize ,
and
.BR fsx_projid .
The
@@ -261,6 +284,9 @@ when the file is empty, except in the case of a directory where
the extent size can be set at any time (this value is only used
for regular file allocations, so should only be set on a directory
in conjunction with the XFS_XFLAG_EXTSZINHERIT flag).
+The copy on write extent size,
+.BR fsx_cowextsize ,
+can be set at any time.
.TP
.B XFS_IOC_GETBMAP
Document the new copy-on-write extent size fields and inode flags available in struct fsxattr. Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com> --- man/man3/xfsctl.3 | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-xfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html