linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH e2fsprogs 02/10] ext2fs: Always attempt to load nls table when loading the filesystem

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Date:   Sun, 28 Apr 2019 15:06:41 -0400
From:   "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@...labora.com>
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH e2fsprogs 02/10] ext2fs: Always attempt to load nls table
 when loading the filesystem

On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 01:43:09AM -0400, Gabriel Krisman Bertazi wrote:
> fs->encoding is exposed by the library, so we need to at least try to
> load it when populating ext2_filsys.  Nevertheless, failing to do so
> shouldn't be a fatal error, unless the user really needs that
> information.  Thus, we ignore this failure during open/initialization
> and let the user who needs it validate that field before trying to use
> it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@...labora.com>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted