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| -rw-r--r-- | core/fs/getfssec.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/core/fs/getfssec.c b/core/fs/getfssec.c index e099b64e..2ea122d9 100644 --- a/core/fs/getfssec.c +++ b/core/fs/getfssec.c @@ -39,18 +39,23 @@ * will store the initial sector number into inode->next_extent.lstart * on return.) * + * If inode->next_extent.pstart is EXTENT_ZERO, then no disk I/O is + * performed, and the data in the extent is all zero. + * * If inode->next_extent.len != 0 on entry then the routine is allowed * to assume inode->next_extent contains valid data from the previous * usage, which can be used for optimization purposes. * * If the filesystem can map the entire file as a single extent * (e.g. iso9660), then the filesystem can simply insert the extent - * information into inode->next_extent at searchdir/iget time, and leave - * next_extent() as NULL. + * information into inode->next_extent at searchdir/iget time, and point + * next_extent() to the generic function no_next_extent(). * * Note: the filesystem driver is not required to do extent coalescing, * if that is difficult to do; this routine will perform extent lookahead - * and coalescing. + * and coalescing. However, if the filesystem can do extent coalescing + * very cheaply by using filesystem-specific knowledge, then that is + * preferred (e.g. FAT). */ #include <dprintf.h> |