linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 27/28] ext4: xattr inode deduplication

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Date:   Wed, 21 Jun 2017 14:34:12 -0700
From:   Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@...gle.com>
To:     Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>
Cc:     "Darrick J . Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 27/28] ext4: xattr inode deduplication

> Tashin, we are already using the "no_mbcache" option name, so would prefer
> to keep that working.  It would be OK to accept both option names to mean
> the same thing, and only document the "nombcache" option.

Updated patch to accept both nombcache and no_mbcache.

>>       struct mb_cache *s_mb_cache;
>> +     struct mb_cache *s_ea_inode_cache;
>
> These names should be consistent, like "s_ea_block_cache".

Yes, I will rename this to s_ea_block_cache.

>> #define EXT4_GET_MB_CACHE(inode)      (((struct ext4_sb_info *) \
>>                               inode->i_sb->s_fs_info)->s_mb_cache)
>>
>> +#define EA_INODE_CACHE(inode)        (((struct ext4_sb_info *) \
>> +                             inode->i_sb->s_fs_info)->s_ea_inode_cache)
>
> These names should be consistent, like EXT4_GET_EA_CACHE() or maybe
> EXT4_GET_EA_BLOCK_CACHE() and EXT4_GET_EA_INODE_CACHE().

How about EA_BLOCK_CACHE() and EA_INODE_CACHE() to keep them short?