linux-ext4 - Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/3] ext4: inode preferred block allocation

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Date:	Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:11:33 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Kazuya Mio <k-mio@...jp.nec.com>
Cc:	ext4 <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>, Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/3] ext4: inode preferred block allocation

Kazuya Mio <k-mio@...jp.nec.com> writes:


> We implemented new two ioctls to allocate preferred blocks using inode PA.
> The old implementation idea is the following (b).
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-ext4&m=124962738211206&w=4

I had to read until patch 3/3 to find out what a "PA" actually is.
It might make the patch descriptions more clearer if it was spelled
out at least once in each.

-Andi

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