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  1. Lustre
  2. LU-16603

OBD_BRW_COMPRESSED flag

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    • Lustre 2.16.0
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      Add an OBD_BRW_COMPRESSED flag to OST_WRITE to hint server data is compressed. This allows the block allocator (mballoc in ldiskfs) to avoid keeping holes in the on-disk block allocation when it gets "sparse" writes from the client due to compressed niobufs being sent.

            bzzz Alex Zhuravlev
            bzzz Alex Zhuravlev
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