Re: [PATCH v5] f2fs: introduce device aliasing file

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Mon Oct 14 2024 - 01:56:38 EST


On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 12:26:26PM -0700, Daeho Jeong wrote:
> From: Daeho Jeong <daehojeong@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> F2FS should understand how the device aliasing file works and support
> deleting the file after use. A device aliasing file can be created by
> mkfs.f2fs tool and it can map the whole device with an extrent, not

s/extrent/extent/g

> using node blocks. The file space should be pinned and normally used for
> read-only usages.

Is there an explanation somewhere what a 'device aliasing file' is?