linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v2] ext4: have ext4_xattr_set

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Message-ID: <CAAeU0aOGYZ-55Z2xMgHZ-02wap6Mzby3MxQaAAZSeHuLB-9JHw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 4 Jul 2017 00:23:13 -0700
From:   Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@...gle.com>
To:     "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
        Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@...gle.com>,
        Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>,
        Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ext4: have ext4_xattr_set_handle() allocate journal credits

> Are you aware of other cases where we're likely to run into problems
> besides ext4_new_inode()?

Nope. If we can get ext4_new_inode() case covered we should be fine.

I will abandon this patch and will work on a patch that adds extra
credits in __ext4_new_inode().

thanks