Re: Question about FSHammer getting full

["Simon 'corecode' Schubert" <corecode@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Matthew Dillon wrote:
> :I think it is not as easy, because we want the current state to be the 
> :reference, and have the usage of the snapshots show what would be free'd 
> :when the snapshot was removed.  So old, unmodfied data has to be charged 
> :to the current usage and not to the snapshot that first contained it.
> :
> :cheers
> :   simon
>
>    That's actually very easy to do, because you extracting the information
>    based on the *DELETE* transaction id, not the *CREATE* transaction id.
>    If the information is not deleted (delete_tid is 0), then it is current
>    information regardless of how long ago it was created.

What about overlapping regions?

<----OLD---->
        <NEW>

the OLD won't have a delete_tid != 0.  Or will hammer split up the 
extent into smaller pieces when the new one comes in?

cheers
  simon

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