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    f2fs: introduce fragment allocation mode mount option · 6691d940
    Daeho Jeong authored
    Added two options into "mode=" mount option to make it possible for
    developers to simulate filesystem fragmentation/after-GC situation
    itself. The developers use these modes to understand filesystem
    fragmentation/after-GC condition well, and eventually get some
    insights to handle them better.
    
    "fragment:segment": f2fs allocates a new segment in ramdom position.
    		With this, we can simulate the after-GC condition.
    "fragment:block" : We can scatter block allocation with
    		"max_fragment_chunk" and "max_fragment_hole" sysfs
    		nodes. f2fs will allocate 1..<max_fragment_chunk>
    		blocks in a chunk and make a hole in the length of
    		1..<max_fragment_hole> by turns	in a newly allocated
    		free segment. Plus, this mode implicitly enables
    		"fragment:segment" option for more randomness.
    Reviewed-by: default avatarChao Yu <chao@kernel.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDaeho Jeong <daehojeong@google.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org>
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