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Re: Extended file stat: Splitting file- and fs-specific info?
- From: David Howells <dhowells at redhat dot com>
- To: Andreas Dilger <aedilger at gmail dot com>, Dave Chinner <david at fromorbit dot com>
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- Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 10:23:14 +0100
- Subject: Re: Extended file stat: Splitting file- and fs-specific info?
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Andreas Dilger <aedilger@gmail.com> wrote:
> The main question I have about these fields is what the difference is
> between st_blksize and st_alloc_blksize?
I would assume that st_blksize is some ideal I/O size, not the allocation
block size. Dave Chinner might be able to answer better as he suggested these
I/O information fields.
David