Does XFS Copy-on-Write (reflink option) support copying files across filesystems?

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

Unable to copy files with reflink option between two filesystems, and prompt message as follow:
cp: failed to clone "target path" from "source path": Invalid cross-device link

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • XFS

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