linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 01/37] e2fsprogs: Read and write full-sized inodes

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Message-ID: <20110904140419.GE3461@thunk.org>
Date:	Sun, 4 Sep 2011 10:04:19 -0400
From:	Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>
Cc:	"Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...ibm.com>,
	Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
	Sunil Mushran <sunil.mushran@...cle.com>,
	Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Mingming Cao <cmm@...ibm.com>,
	Joel Becker <jlbec@...lplan.org>,
	"linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org" <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
	Coly Li <colyli@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/37] e2fsprogs: Read and write full-sized inodes

On Sat, Sep 03, 2011 at 12:05:39PM -0600, Andreas Dilger wrote:
> Why not just get rid of ext2_inode and replace it with
> ext2_inode_large?  Less change to the code, and less confusion for
> developers.

struct ext2_inode_large is there to make sure we don't break ABI
compatibility for shared libraries.

						- Ted
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