linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] Add extent conversion support to chattr

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Date:	Tue, 9 Sep 2008 12:54:05 -0400
From:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....EDU>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	adilger@....com, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add extent conversion support to chattr

On Tue, Sep 09, 2008 at 12:50:05PM -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Well, if you think setting a flag is a good interface to convert to
> extents, then do it all the way and allow setting the extent
> flag in the kernel through FS_IOC_SETFLAGS instead of having an
> interface schism.

Thanks, that's a good idea.  It won't help people on older kernels,
but it probably is the right answer.

Regards,

					- Ted
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