linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v2 07/21] libext2fs: don't fail inline data operations if there's no EA

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Message-ID: <20140810223129.GS15431@thunk.org>
Date:	Sun, 10 Aug 2014 18:31:29 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	"Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 07/21] libext2fs: don't fail inline data operations if
 there's no EA

On Fri, Aug 08, 2014 at 03:46:40PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> Fix up the rest of the inline data code not to complain if there's no
> EA, since it's possible that there's no EA because we're in the
> process of creating an inline data file.  Also, don't return an error
> code when removing a nonexistent EA, because there's no reason to.
> 
> Furthermore, if we write less than 60 bytes of inline data, remove the
> EA to avoid wasting space.
> 
> v2: Fix a few more places where inline data functions would totally
> fail if the EA was missing, even though the EA's presence isn't
> required.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@...cle.com>

Applied, thanks.

						- Ted
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