Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] btrfs: enable swap file support

[Brendan Hide]

On 2014/11/25 00:03, Omar Sandoval wrote:
> [snip]
>
> The snapshot issue is a little tricker to resolve. I see a few options:
>
> 1. Just do the COW and hope for the best
> 2. As part of btrfs_swap_activate, COW any shared extents. If a snapshot
> happens while a swap file is active, we'll fall back to 1.
> 3. Clobber any swap file extents which are in a snapshot, i.e., always use the
> existing extent.
>
> I'm partial to 3, as it's the simplest approach, and I don't think it makes
> much sense for a swap file to be in a snapshot anyways. I'd appreciate any
> comments that anyone might have.
Personally, 3 seems pragmatic - but not necessarily "correct". :-/

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