linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v1 14/22] mke2fs: add inline

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Message-ID: <20131012081825.GB14971@birch.djwong.org>
Date:	Sat, 12 Oct 2013 01:18:25 -0700
From:	"Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
To:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
	Zheng Liu <wenqing.lz@...bao.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 14/22] mke2fs: add inline_data support in mke2fs

On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 04:08:46PM +0800, Zheng Liu wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 05:27:18PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> [...]
> > > +	 */
> > > +	if ((fs_param.s_feature_incompat & EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_INLINE_DATA) &&
> > > +	    !(fs_param.s_feature_compat & EXT2_FEATURE_COMPAT_EXT_ATTR)) {
> > > +		com_err(program_name, 0,
> > > +			_("Ext_attr feature not enabled, so inline_data "
> > > +			  "feature doesn't be specified"));
> > 
> > "The inline_data feature requires the ext_attr feature." ?
> 
> Ah, I have noticed that now we set xattr handler by default.  So, yes,
> inline_data feature doesn't require the ext_attr feature.

I think you /do/ still need this check, just in case someone tries to mkfs -O
^ext_attr,inline_data.  Defaults can be overridden.

(I was merely trying to clarify the English in the error message.)

--D
> 
> Thanks,
>                                                 - Zheng
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