linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: Remove duplicate definition of ext4_xattr_ibody_inline

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Date:   Thu, 24 Jun 2021 10:12:47 -0400
From:   "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Ritesh Harjani <riteshh@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: Remove duplicate definition of
 ext4_xattr_ibody_inline_set()

On Thu, Jun 03, 2021 at 07:33:02AM +0530, Ritesh Harjani wrote:
> ext4_xattr_ibody_inline_set() & ext4_xattr_ibody_set() have the exact
> same definition. Hence remove ext4_xattr_ibody_set() and all it's call
> references. Convert the callers of it to call ext4_xattr_ibody_inline_set()
> instead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ritesh Harjani <riteshh@...ux.ibm.com>

Thanks, applied.  I modified the patch to preserve
ext4_xattr_ibody_set() and remove ext4_xattr_ibody_inline_set()
instead, to make things clearer; otherwise people would wonder why the
non-inline functions were calling ext4_xattr_ibody_inline_set().

						- Ted