Implement linux copy algorithms using syscalls #312
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This PR implements the various linux file copy algorithms using syscalls instead of relying on
cp
.Implemented algorithms:
ioctl(2)
copy_file_range
Additionally, adds a fallback mechanism to the sparse copy and clone function that tries the "worse" options after failing to use the "good" algorithm. E.g. clone tries clone -> sparse_copy -> in-kernel dense copy -> dense-copy. And fails only if all of them fail.
Edit: this is related to #297