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SEEK_HOLE or FIEMAP?

SEEK_HOLE or FIEMAP?

Posted Apr 18, 2011 14:27 UTC (Mon) by ernest (subscriber, #2355)
Parent article: SEEK_HOLE or FIEMAP?

> FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNKNOWN: This flag would describe much of your editor's
> personal file space, though it is unclear how the kernel would know that.

At least now there is flag describing this poor condition!


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