linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 07/28] ext4: call journal revoke when freeing ea

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Date:   Wed, 31 May 2017 14:01:26 -0700
From:   Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@...gle.com>
To:     "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
Cc:     Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>, "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
        Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
        Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@...nel.org>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@...sity.com>,
        Joel Becker <jlbec@...lplan.org>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>,
        Deepa Dinamani <deepa.kernel@...il.com>,
        Mike Christie <mchristi@...hat.com>,
        Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jfs-discussion@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, ocfs2-devel@....oracle.com,
        reiserfs-devel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/28] ext4: call journal revoke when freeing ea_inode blocks

> I think it would be wise not to support !extents && ea_inode,
> particularly since blockmaps aren't protected by metadata_csum and so in
> the long run it's probably best to minimize the introduction of new
> blockmap files (on ext4 anyway).

Sounds good. I will add that to e2fsprogs patches. thanks