- Create getblkx(9) variant of getblk(9) which can return error.
- Add GB_NOSPARSE flag for getblk()/getblkx() which requests that BMAP
was performed before the buffer is created, and EJUSTRETURN returned
in case the requested block does not exist.
- Make ffs_read() use GB_NOSPARSE to avoid instantiating buffer (and
allocating the pages for it), copying from zero_region instead.
The end result is less page allocations and buffer recycling when a
hole is read, which is important for some benchmarks.
Requested and reviewed by: jeff
Tested by: pho
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
MFC after: 2 weeks
Differential revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D14917
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