Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] Btrfs: make a source length of 0 imply EOF for dedupe

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On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 04:07:48PM -0800, Omar Sandoval wrote:
> So now we have 3 options:
> 
> a) Apply these patches as-is.
> b) Fix XFS to both return the actual bytes_deduped and cap the length
>    for the EOF case. Do the same for Btrfs.
> c) Make XFS consistent with the existing Btrfs behavior.
> 
> I'm starting to lean towards option c after writing this cover letter,
> but I might as well send these out and get a second opinion.

I agree - btrfs was there first, and there is no fatal flaw in the ABI,
so let's adjust XFS to it.
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