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Message-ID: <20170622022205.572ak255z65ledet@thunk.org> Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2017 22:22:05 -0400 From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu> To: Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@...gle.com> Cc: Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>, "Darrick J . Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 18/32] ext4: retry storing value in external inode with xattr block too On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 02:21:28PM -0700, Tahsin Erdogan wrote: > When value size is <= EXT4_XATTR_MIN_LARGE_EA_SIZE(), and it > doesn't fit in either inline or xattr block, a second try is made to > store it in an external inode while storing the entry itself in inline > area. There should also be an attempt to store the entry in xattr block. > > This patch adds a retry loop to do that. It also makes the caller the > sole decider on whether to store a value in an external inode. > > Signed-off-by: Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@...gle.com> Thanks, added to the ext4 patch queue. - Ted
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