linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: re-inline ext4_rec_len_(to|from)

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Message-ID: <20100805053718.GE2901@thunk.org>
Date:	Thu, 5 Aug 2010 01:37:18 -0400
From:	Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
Cc:	ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: re-inline ext4_rec_len_(to|from)_disk functions

On Wed, Aug 04, 2010 at 07:28:20PM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> I had resisted doing that because at least the original rationale in
> the patch was for when the VM allows block size > page size ...

Well, that and apparently you can do completely insane/ludicrous page
sizes on the Itanic.  "The architecture supports 11 different page
sizes from 4k to 4GB."

> Side note, if you do this is PAGE_SIZE or PAGE_CACHE_SIZE the right macro?

Quite right, it should be PAGE_CACHE_SIZE (although I very much doubt
the two will be different any time in the near future).

    	     		      	      	       - Ted
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