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Message-ID: <20180111224150.GK19241@thunk.org> Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 17:41:50 -0500 From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu> To: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org> Cc: "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>, adilger.kernel@...ger.ca, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, dhowells@...hat.com Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] ext4: don't split xattr inode refcounts across i_ctime and i_version fields On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 03:09:03PM -0500, Jeff Layton wrote: > > Wouldn't it have made more sense to just store it all in i_version field > (like this patch makes it do)? If this breaks backward compatibility > though, then I'm fine with just dropping the patch. Yes, that part is there for compatibility for the deployed base (Lustre Servers). - Ted
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