linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] ext4: Remove useless marking of superblock dirty

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Date:	Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:37:25 +0300
From:	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com>
To:	Ted Tso <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Maling List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux FS Maling List <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ext4 Mailing List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] ext4: Remove useless marking of superblock dirty

On Thu, 2012-04-12 at 10:20 +0300, Artem Bityutskiy wrote:
> On Mon, 2012-04-02 at 14:45 +0300, Artem Bityutskiy wrote:
> > From: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
> > 
> > Commit a0375156 properly notes that superblock doesn't need to be marked
> > as dirty when only number of free inodes / blocks / number of directories
> > changes since that is recomputed on each mount anyway. However that comment
> > leaves some unnecessary markings as dirty in place. Remove these.
> > 
> > Artem: tested using xfstests for both journalled and non-journalled ext4.
> 
> Hi Ted, what would be the fate of this patch-set?

Hi Ted, I am sorry for being annoying, but what do you think about these
patches?

-- 
Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy

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