linux-ext4 - [PATCH] e2fsprogs: add large

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Date:	Tue, 30 Sep 2014 22:26:03 -0500
From:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
To:	ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] e2fsprogs: add large_file to base mkfs features

large_file (> 2G) support has been around since at least kernel 2.4;
mkfs of any sufficiently large filesystem sets it "accidentally"
when the resize inode exceeds 2G.  This leaves very small
filesystems lacking the feature, which potentially changes
their behavior & codepaths the first time a > 2G file gets
written.

There's really no reason to be making fresh filesystems which
strive to keep compatibility with 10 year old kernels; just
enable large_file at mkfs time.  This is particularly obvious
for ext4 fielsystems, which set huge_file by default, but not
necessarily large_file.

If old-kernel compatibility is desired, mke2fs.conf can be
modified locally to remove the feature.

Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
---

diff --git a/misc/mke2fs.c b/misc/mke2fs.c
index 2bc435b..2a16c59 100644
--- a/misc/mke2fs.c
+++ b/misc/mke2fs.c
@@ -1927,7 +1927,7 @@ profile_error:
 	tmp = NULL;
 	if (fs_param.s_rev_level != EXT2_GOOD_OLD_REV) {
 		tmp = get_string_from_profile(fs_types, "base_features",
-		      "sparse_super,filetype,resize_inode,dir_index");
+		      "sparse_super,large_file,filetype,resize_inode,dir_index");
 		edit_feature(tmp, &fs_param.s_feature_compat);
 		free(tmp);

diff --git a/misc/mke2fs.conf.in b/misc/mke2fs.conf.in
index 4c5dba7..106ee80 100644
--- a/misc/mke2fs.conf.in
+++ b/misc/mke2fs.conf.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [defaults]
-	base_features = sparse_super,filetype,resize_inode,dir_index,ext_attr
+	base_features = sparse_super,large_file,filetype,resize_inode,dir_index,ext_attr
 	default_mntopts = acl,user_xattr
 	enable_periodic_fsck = 0
 	blocksize = 4096

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