On Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 12:32:29PM -0700, Sunil Mushran wrote:
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> We (ocfs2) are looking to add a new attribute to denote files that
> have a fixed allocation on disk. But at the same time, allow writes
> that do not change the allocation on disk. No truncating, extending,
> filling holes, etc. We were thinking of calling it "Static" files.

That's an interesting set of semantics, and it might make sense to
conflate that with a local disk "don't move or defrag" the file
option.  I'm not crazy with the name "static", since it could mean a
number of other things in other contexts, but I admit I can't think of
a better name.

					- Ted
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