linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 4/5] mbcache: use consistent type for entry count

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Message-ID: <20161203205409.uexiy5fz7dhhgaof@thunk.org>
Date:   Sat, 3 Dec 2016 15:54:09 -0500
From:   Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:     Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] mbcache: use consistent type for entry count

On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 10:18:00PM -0800, Eric Biggers wrote:
> mbcache used several different types to represent the number of entries
> in the cache.  For consistency within mbcache and with the shrinker API,
> always use unsigned long.
> 
> This does not change behavior for current mbcache users (ext2 and ext4)
> since they limit the entry count to a value which easily fits in an int.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted
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