linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] e2fsprogs: remove misleading argument from ext2fs_bg_flags

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Message-ID: <4A9F5090.40406@redhat.com>
Date:	Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:13:52 -0500
From:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
To:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@....com>
CC:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>,
	ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] e2fsprogs: remove misleading argument from	ext2fs_bg_flags_clear

Andreas Dilger wrote:
> On Sep 02, 2009  22:00 -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
>> What about perhaps just these 3:
>>
>> ext2fs_bg_flags_zero(fs, group) /* zeros bg_flags */
>>
>> ext2fs_bg_flags_set(fs, group, flags) /* adds flags to bg_flags */
>> ext2fs_bg_flags_clear(fs, group, flags) /* clears flags in bg_flags */
>>
>> and remove the original ext2fs_bg_flags_set / ext2fs_bg_flags_clear.
> 
> Yes, this is exactly what I would expect from this kind of interface.

Ok, I'll try to get that sent out tomorrow, and any other similar 
interfaces.

Thanks,
-Eric
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