linux-ext4 - Re: [EXT4 set 4][PATCH 1/5] i_version:64 bit inode version

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Date:	Fri, 6 Jul 2007 16:53:00 -0600
From:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@...sterfs.com>
To:	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>
Cc:	Mingming Cao <cmm@...ibm.com>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@....uio.no>,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, nfsv4@...ux-nfs.org,
	Kalpak Shah <kalpak@...sterfs.com>
Subject: Re: [EXT4 set 4][PATCH 1/5] i_version:64 bit inode version

On Jul 06, 2007  09:51 -0400, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> The use of a mount option means the change attribute could be
> inconsistent across mounts.  If we really need this, wouldn't it make
> more sense for it to be a persistent feature of the filesystem, set at
> mkfs time?

Yes, having it stored into the superblock in s_flags is probably a good
idea.  Kalpak, do you think you could get a patch that adds e.g.
EXT4_FLAGS_NO_INODE_VERSION (like EXT4_FLAGS_SIGNED_HASH in e2fsprogs).

Cheers, Andreas
--
Andreas Dilger
Principal Software Engineer
Cluster File Systems, Inc.

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