On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 08:57:12AM +0800, Qu Wenruo wrote: > > The ioctl FIDEDUPERANGE and the tool duperemove both use "dupe". > > It would be nice if we could be consistent and all use the same > > abbreviation. > > Yes, current kernel VFS level offline dedup uses the name "dedupe". > But on the other hand, ZFS uses the name "dedup" for their online dedup. > > And personally speaking, I'd like some difference to distinguish inline > dedup and offline dedup. > In that case, the extra "e" seems somewhat useful. > With "e", it's intended for offline use. Without "e", it's intended for > online use. Such difference is very subtle and I think we should stick to just one spelling, which shall be 'dedupe'. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
