linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 1/2] vfs: call file

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Message-ID: <20090502230638.GA12368@mit.edu>
Date:	Sat, 2 May 2009 19:06:38 -0400
From:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
To:	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	cmm@...ibm.com, sandeen@...hat.com, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] vfs: call file_ioctl call for directories.

On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 08:09:02PM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> Most of the ioctl callback in file_ioctl should be done even
> for directories. For ext4 fiemap should work even for directories.
> Similarly FIGETBSZ  should work for directories. For bmap filefrag command
> doesn't do the ioctl if the type is not a regular file.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

Thanks, I've pulled this into the ext4 patch queue.

	     	    	      	       	     - Ted
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