Re: Should cp default to reflink?

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On Mon, 6 Nov 2017 15:37:21 -0700
Chris Murphy wrote:
> Seems to me any request to duplicate should be optimized by default
> with an auto reflink when possible, and require an explicit option to
> inhibit.

"cp --reflink=auto" by default might create unexpected behaviour of
slower balance on a filesystem with a lot of reflinks. Especially if
the filesystem already has many shapshots.
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