linux-ext4 - Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/12] e2fsprogs: add 64-bit support

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Message-ID: <20070611231248.GE5181@schatzie.adilger.int>
Date:	Mon, 11 Jun 2007 17:12:48 -0600
From:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@...sterfs.com>
To:	Valerie Clement <valerie.clement@...l.net>
Cc:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>,
	ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/12] e2fsprogs: add 64-bit support

On Jun 11, 2007  18:41 +0200, Valerie Clement wrote:
> This patchset is also not complete:
> TODO:
>   - update code under ext2ed/,

This code should just be removed entirely.  It is dangerous to use, and
by including it in e2fsprogs it lends a false sense of credibility to
the code.  Hopefully most of the functionality here has been incorporated
into debugfs?

> Code compiled, booted and briefly tested on a 20TB device (mkfs, 
> debugfs, e2fsck, dumpe2fs, filefrag tested)
> Some non-regression tests also done on ext3 filesystems when compiling 
> code without _EXT4FS_ option.

Did you run the "make check" tests?  We've found these invaluable for
catching regressions.  Ideally there would also be some test cases
for this support using "lazy_bg", a script to generate the filesystem,
and conditional upon being able to create sparse files that big.

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

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