Article 52Y0Q [$] Atomic extent swapping for XFS

[$] Atomic extent swapping for XFS

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Normally, files exist in a filesystem to keep data contained within themseparated; seeing data exchanged directly between files is often a sign of filesystemcorruption. There are, however, use cases where it is desirable to be ableto perform a controlled swap of data between a pair of files. Darrick Wonghas recently posted apatch set implementing this feature for the XFS filesystem, but alsomaking it available in a general way.
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