linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v2 19/28] mke2fs: add inline

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Date:	Tue, 3 Dec 2013 14:30:26 -0800
From:	"Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
To:	Zheng Liu <gnehzuil.liu@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
	Zheng Liu <wenqing.lz@...bao.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 19/28] mke2fs: add inline_data support in mke2fs

On Tue, Dec 03, 2013 at 08:11:46PM +0800, Zheng Liu wrote:
> From: Zheng Liu <wenqing.lz@...bao.com>
> 
> Now inline_data doesn't depend on ext_attr.  Hence we don't need to do
> this sanity check.  But if the inode size is too small (128 bytes),
> inline_data will be useless because we couldn't save data in ibody
> extented attribute.  So we need to report this error.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
> Signed-off-by: Zheng Liu <wenqing.lz@...bao.com>
> ---
>  misc/mke2fs.8.in |    3 +++
>  misc/mke2fs.c    |   18 ++++++++++++++++--
>  2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/misc/mke2fs.8.in b/misc/mke2fs.8.in
> index 7b89296..c5e1abb 100644
> --- a/misc/mke2fs.8.in
> +++ b/misc/mke2fs.8.in
> @@ -587,6 +587,9 @@ option).
>  @JDEV@...t be created with the same
>  @JDEV@...ck size as the filesystems that will be using it.
>  .TP
> +.B inline_data
> +Allow data to be stored in the inode and extented attribute area

"extended"

> +.TP
>  .B large_file
>  Filesystem can contain files that are greater than 2GB.  (Modern kernels
>  set this feature automatically when a file > 2GB is created.)
> diff --git a/misc/mke2fs.c b/misc/mke2fs.c
> index 67c9225..0a3880f 100644
> --- a/misc/mke2fs.c
> +++ b/misc/mke2fs.c
> @@ -929,7 +929,8 @@ static __u32 ok_features[3] = {
>  		EXT2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_META_BG|
>  		EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_FLEX_BG|
>  		EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_MMP |
> -		EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_64BIT,
> +		EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_64BIT|
> +		EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_INLINE_DATA,
>  	/* R/O compat */
>  	EXT2_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_LARGE_FILE|
>  		EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_HUGE_FILE|
> @@ -2069,7 +2070,8 @@ profile_error:
>  				  "See https://ext4.wiki.kernel.org/"
>  				  "index.php/Quota for more information\n\n"));
>  
> -	/* Since sparse_super is the default, we would only have a problem
> +	/*
> +	 * Since sparse_super is the default, we would only have a problem
>  	 * here if it was explicitly disabled.
>  	 */
>  	if ((fs_param.s_feature_compat & EXT2_FEATURE_COMPAT_RESIZE_INODE) &&
> @@ -2125,6 +2127,18 @@ profile_error:
>  				blocksize);
>  			exit(1);
>  		}
> +		/*
> +		 * If inode size is 128 and inline data is enable, we need to

"is enabled"

> +		 * notify users that inline data will never be useful.
> +		 */
> +		if ((fs_param.s_feature_incompat &
> +		     EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_INLINE_DATA) &&
> +		    inode_size == EXT2_GOOD_OLD_INODE_SIZE) {

Perhaps I'm missing something here, but why is it impossible to use i_blocks
for inline data even if there's no space for EAs?

--D

> +			com_err(program_name, 0,
> +				_("inode size is %d, inline data is useless"),
> +				inode_size);
> +			exit(1);
> +		}
>  		fs_param.s_inode_size = inode_size;
>  	}
>  
> -- 
> 1.7.9.7
> 
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