linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v2 01/12] tune2fs: Allow enabling casefold feature after fs creation

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Message-ID: <87o8j57cyo.fsf@collabora.com>
Date:   Mon, 07 Dec 2020 14:17:19 -0300
From:   Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@...labora.com>
To:     Arnaud Ferraris <arnaud.ferraris@...labora.com>
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, Daniel Rosenberg <drosen@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 01/12] tune2fs: Allow enabling casefold feature after
 fs creation

Arnaud Ferraris <arnaud.ferraris@...labora.com> writes:

> From: Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@...labora.com>
>
> The main reason we didn't allow this before was because !CASEFOLDED
> directories were expected to be normalized().  Since this is no longer
> the case, and as long as the encrypt feature is not enabled, it should
> be safe to enable this feature.
>
> Disabling the feature is trickier, since we need to make sure there are
> no existing +F directories in the filesystem.  Leave that for a future
> patch.
>
> Also, enabling strict mode requires some filesystem-wide verification,
> so ignore that for now.
>

For some reason, I wasn't CC'd in the cover letter, only on the patches
themselves.  Anyway, in order to get more/the right attention, I think
you should CC Ted and Eric Biggers on the entire thread.

Can you send a v3 with a proper CC list?

I haven't taken a second look at the patches yet, but it is no my to list.

-- 
Gabriel Krisman Bertazi