Understanding reported block count for sparse files
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Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2025 18:30:48 UTC
Hi, I'm porting a test from Linux, and this test checks the allocated block count for the sparse file. Its expectation is that the block count should be close to zero. To isolate things, it roughly does the following: Linux: $ truncate -s +52428800 test.raw $ stat test.raw File: test.raw Size: 52428800 Blocks: 0 IO Block: 4096 regular file Device: 252,0 Inode: 25218599 Links: 1 Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--) Uid: ( 1000/ novel) Gid: ( 1000/ novel) Context: unconfined_u:object_r:user_home_t:s0 Access: 2025-07-23 14:20:31.640547511 -0400 Modify: 2025-07-23 14:20:31.642105574 -0400 Change: 2025-07-23 14:20:31.642105574 -0400 Birth: 2025-07-23 14:20:31.640547511 -0400 It reports 0 blocks. Filesystem here is xfs. FreeBSD: $ truncate -s +52428800 test.raw $ stat -f "%z %k %b" test.raw 52428800 32768 128 This reports 128 blocks. Filesystem here is UFS. What's reason behind this difference? Thanks, Roman