Use SEEK_HOLE for hole detection
commitb684326e6958f3a8a58202df933e925571d2fcbf
authorSergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>
Sat, 5 Dec 2015 21:36:22 +0000 (5 23:36 +0200)
committerSergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>
Sat, 5 Dec 2015 22:14:55 +0000 (6 00:14 +0200)
tree44673c8beef12356b87d09bf48d42aa753f231f4
parent589ba77faf60e4632771d80e2b25d9e3778d4a3f
Use SEEK_HOLE for hole detection

Based on patch by Pavel Raiskup.

Use SEEK_HOLE/SEEK_DATA feature of lseek on systems that support
it.  This can make archiving of sparse files much faster.

Implement the --hole-detection option to allow users to select
hole-detection method.

* src/common.h (hole_detection_method): New enum.
(hole_detection): New global.
* src/sparse.c  (sparse_scan_file_wholesparse): New function as a
method for detecting sparse files without any data.
(sparse_scan_file_raw): Rename from sparse_scan_file; with edits.
(sparse_scan_file_seek): New function.
(sparse_scan_file): Reimplement function.
* src/tar.c: New option --hole-detection

* tests/checkseekhole.c: New file.
* tests/.gitignore: Mention two test binaries.
* tests/Makefile.am: Add new tests.
* tests/testsuite.at (AT_SEEKHOLE_PREREQ): New macro.
Include sparse06.at.
* tests/sparse06.at: New test case.
* tests/sparse02.at: Force raw hole-detection method.
* tests/sparsemv.at: Likewise.
* tests/sparsemvp.at: Likewise.

* doc/tar.1: Document --hole-detection option.
* doc/tar.texi: Document hole-detection algorithms and
command-line options.
* NEWS: Document hole-detection.
14 files changed:
NEWS
doc/tar.1
doc/tar.texi
src/common.h
src/sparse.c
src/tar.c
tests/.gitignore
tests/Makefile.am
tests/checkseekhole.c [new file with mode: 0644]
tests/sparse02.at
tests/sparse06.at [copied from tests/sparse02.at with 50% similarity]
tests/sparsemv.at
tests/sparsemvp.at
tests/testsuite.at