GNU bug report logs - #23904
Btrfs clone support in copy operations

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2016 00:50:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Helmut Eller <eller.helmut <at> gmail.com>
To: 23904 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#23904: Btrfs clone support in copy operations
Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2016 07:52:24 +0200

On Wed, Jul 06 2016, Dmitry Antipov wrote:

> On 07/06/2016 03:49 AM, Paul Eggert wrote:
>
>> The attached proposed patch to Emacs master builds on a suggestion
>> by Kieran Colford.
>
> IMHO this should use FICLONERANGE in a loop where you can
> handle errors and use process_pending_signals as usual.

This might also be a use case for sendfile(2).

Helmut
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