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Date:	Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:46:02 +0900
From:	Akira Fujita <a-fujita@...jp.nec.com>
To:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
CC:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@....com>, tytso@....edu, cmm@...ibm.com,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/3] ext4 online defrag (ver 0.7)

Hello Eric,

>>>> Change the name of functions (ext4_ext_xxx -> ext4_defrag_xxx)
>>>> and some cleanups.
>>>>
>>>> -int ext4_ext_walk_space(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t block,
>>>> -			ext4_lblk_t num, ext_prepare_callback func,
>>>> -			void *cbdata)
>>>> -{
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> We were just going to be using this function for the FIEMAP support.
>>> I think there are several other functions which are not specific
>>> to defrag, so they shouldn't be renamed to be defrag specific.
>>>   
>>>       
>> ext4_ext_walk_space is no longer used by ext4 online defrag.
>> So I just removed from defrag.c not renamed.
>>
>> Shouldn't I remove ext4_ext_walk_space from defrag
>> for support FIEMAP?
>> I think it should be moved to extents.c
>>     
>
> I agree.  I'm working on FIEMAP, and I'll put it back into extents.c
> along with the FIEMAP patch, if you don't need it for defrag.
>
>   
OK. Please put ext4_ext_walk_space in extents.c.
Thank you for coping. :-)

Cheers Akira

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