Re: [PATCH] Btrfs: add a "df" ioctl for btrfs

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On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 05:25:03AM -0500, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 03:25:13PM -0500, Josef Bacik wrote:
> > df is a very loaded question in btrfs.  This gives us a way to get the per-space
> > usage information so we can tell exactly what is in use where.  This will help
> > us figure out ENOSPC problems, and help users better understand where their disk
> > space is going.
> 
> Just as discussed before I think it's a really bad idea.  We always had
> df reporting inconsistencies due to the way metadata is managed, and
> btrfs isn't special in that way.

This is more than just df being inaccurate, it's a way to find out how
much space is used by each of the raid modes.  We've had a ton of
feature requests for this, and it really helps identify drives that have
a ton of free space tied up for data vs metadata.

-chris

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