[Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH 1/3] fs: Document the reflink(2) system call.

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Sat, May 02, 2009 at 11:15:01PM -0700, Joel Becker wrote:
> int reflink(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath);
> 
> The reflink(2) system call creates reference-counted links.  It creates
> a new file that shares the data extents of the source file in a
> copy-on-write fashion.  Its calling semantics are identical to link(2).
> Once complete, programs see the new file as a completely separate entry.

Just send this as a manpage to Michael, no need to duplicate a
pseudo-manpage in the kernel tree.