bug#60416: closed (Be more liberal using copy_file_range() with NFS mounted filesystems)

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has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #60416,
regarding Be more liberal using copy_file_range() with NFS mounted filesystems
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> Be more liberal using copy_file_range() with NFS mounted filesystems
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> Thu, 29 Dec 2022 12:04:38 -0400
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> When using a nfs export, cp seems to not try hard enough using
> copy_file_range(). This was
> the conclusion we arrived in this forum thread[1] at Truenas forums.
> It was found a way to force
> cp to use it, but it should not be necessary, since there are supposed
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> I'm unsure if we found something that triggered the undesired behavior.
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> https://www.truenas.com/community/threads/nfs-does-not-support-server-side-copy-with-zfs.103309/post-712071
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> Braiam
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> On 30/12/2022 22:32, Paul Eggert wrote:
> > Thanks, looks good, please install.
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> Thanks for the review.
> OP also posted good results.
> Pushed with NEWS entry.
> Marking this as done.
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> I may follow up with a related patch to
> ensure we _don't_ use copy_file_range with --sparse=never.
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> cheers,
> Pádraig
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