linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 06/21] libext2fs: strict inline data overwrite should not return ENOSPC

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Message-ID: <20140810222729.GR15431@thunk.org>
Date:	Sun, 10 Aug 2014 18:27:29 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	"Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/21] libext2fs: strict inline data overwrite should not
 return ENOSPC

On Mon, Aug 04, 2014 at 06:05:36PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> If we're doing a strict overwrite (same data size) of data in an
> inline data file, we should be able to skip the size check.  If the
> in-core EA representation is fine but the on-disk EA is slightly
> corrupt (this happens when fixing minor errors in an inline dir), the
> ext2fs_xattr_inode_max_size() call, which reads the disk EA, can lead
> us to think that there's no space when in reality there is no issue
> with doing a strict overwrite.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@...cle.com>

Applied, thanks.

						- Ted
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