linux-ext4 - Re: patch queue updated

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Date:	Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:33:25 -0700
From:	Mingming Cao <cmm@...ibm.com>
To:	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4 <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: patch queue updated

On Wed, 2007-10-10 at 21:45 +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> 
> Mingming Cao wrote:
> > On Wed, 2007-10-10 at 17:35 +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> >> I have updated the patch queue at 
> >>
> >> http://www.radian.org/~kvaneesh/ext4/patch-series/
> >>
> >> http://www.radian.org/~kvaneesh/ext4/patch-series/ext4-patch-queue.tar
> >>
> >> Changes:
> >> a) Add large-file-blocktype.patch  large-file.patch patch.
> > 
> > Could you send them out separately? I noticed that your queue is not
> > based on the last ext4 patch queue. You modified mballoc-core.patch
> > directly with large file block type changes...but your updated
> > mballoc-core.patch doesn't have the latest proc fs fix from Ted. 
> > 
> 
> It has the changes. http://www.radian.org/~kvaneesh/ext4/patch-series/mballoc-core.patch
> I searched for PROC_FS . I did a git pull on patch queue before updating the patches.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > I would appreciate if you separete the largeblocktype changes for
> > mballoc out of the core mballoc changes, as that patch is getting really
> > big already.
> > 
> >> b) Add the stable-boundary-patch with dummy change
> >> c) Add stable-boundary-undo.patch which undo the above dummy change.
> > 
> > The stable-boundary patch is being removed from ext4 patch queue,as some
> > tools expect a meaning code diff to apply any patch.
> > 
> 
> That is why i added a dummy change which is reverted by the later patch.
> 
I see your intention is to bring back the boundary patch which doesn't
upset the tools but also doesn't have any code impact to the tree.

Okay, updated ext4-patch-queue with your updates. 


> 
> -aneeshh-

> 
> -aneesh

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