Re:Show HN: fcp – A significantly faster alternative to cp(1...
by the8472 on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @02:06PM
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you can optimize for both. obtain directory entries, sort by inode, do a batch stat (ideally via io_uring) and fiemap and then sort again by extent order.
And if you only need the `d_type` instead of the full stat struct, then you get that for free from getdents(2) on some filesystems, this is what platter_walk does.
And if you only need the `d_type` instead of the full stat struct, then you get that for free from getdents(2) on some filesystems, this is what platter_walk does.