5db95e50e1
We haven't had extent merging in quite some time. It used to be done by the btree code when sorting btree nodes, but that was eliminated as part of the work to separate extent handling from core btree code. This patch re-implements extent merging in the transaction commit path. We don't currently have the ability to merge reflink pointers, we need to do some work on the triggers code to be able to do that without ending up with incorrect refcounts. Signed-off-by: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@gmail.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.