linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 5/6] ext4: Drop i_state_flags on architectures with 64-bit longs

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Date:	Wed, 5 Jan 2011 11:43:08 -0700
From:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>
To:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] ext4: Drop i_state_flags on architectures with 64-bit longs

On 2011-01-04, at 18:01, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> +#if (BITS_PER_LONG < 64)
> +EXT4_INODE_BIT_FNS(state, state_flags, 0)
> +#define EXT4_CLEAR_STATE_FLAGS(ei)	(ei)->i_state_flags = 0
> +#else
> +EXT4_INODE_BIT_FNS(state, flags, 32)
> +#define EXT4_CLEAR_STATE_FLAGS(ei)	(ei)->i_flags = 0

This looks like it will clear all of the i_flags values, instead of just the
state flags.  It should probably be something like:

#define EXT4_CLEAR_STATE_FLAGS(ei)	(ei)->i_flags &= 0xffffffffULL;

> @@ -1009,6 +1009,7 @@ got:
> 	 * extent flag on newly created directory and file only if -o extent
> 	 * mount option is specified
> 	 */
> +	EXT4_CLEAR_STATE_FLAGS(ei);
> 	ei->i_flags =
> 		ext4_mask_flags(mode, EXT4_I(dir)->i_flags & EXT4_FL_INHERITED);
> 	ei->i_file_acl = 0;
> @@ -1027,7 +1028,6 @@ got:
> 	inode->i_generation = sbi->s_next_generation++;
> 	spin_unlock(&sbi->s_next_gen_lock);
> 
> -	ei->i_state_flags = 0;

It looks like you have compensated for the above by changing the
code here, but I think it is risky/confusing if clearing the state
flags has a side-effect on 64-bit arches, that doesn't exist on
32-bit arches.  It looks like a bug waiting to happen...

Cheers, Andreas





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