linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v2 01/19] fs: new API for handling inode->i

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Message-ID: <1513472727.3428.15.camel@kernel.org>
Date:   Sat, 16 Dec 2017 20:05:27 -0500
From:   Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
To:     Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 01/19] fs: new API for handling inode->i_version

On Sun, 2017-12-17 at 09:37 +1100, Dave Chinner wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 16, 2017 at 08:46:38AM -0500, Jeff Layton wrote:
> > From: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>
> > 
> > Add a documentation blob that explains what the i_version field is, how
> > it is expected to work, and how it is currently implemented by various
> > filesystems.
> > 
> > We already have inode_inc_iversion. Add several other functions for
> > manipulating and accessing the i_version counter. For now, the
> > implementation is trivial and basically works the way that all of the
> > open-coded i_version accesses work today.
> > 
> > Future patches will convert existing users of i_version to use the new
> > API, and then convert the backend implementation to do things more
> > efficiently.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>
> > ---
> >  include/linux/fs.h | 200 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> >  1 file changed, 192 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> Just a random sunday morning coffee musing....
> 
> I was just wondering if it would be better to split this stuff out
> into it's own header file now? include/linux/fs.h is aleady a
> massive header file (~3500 lines) and changes cause tree-wide
> rebuilds, so maybe it would be better to split relatively isolated
> functionality like this out while it's being reworked and you're
> already touching every file that uses it?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Dave.

That's a good idea. Let me do that and I'll re-post.

Thanks,
-- 
Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>