linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v4 12/13] ext4: Stop providing .writepage hook

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Message-ID: <20230509002559.tudxwmu2xn3valw3@quack3>
Date:   Tue, 9 May 2023 02:25:59 +0200
From:   Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To:     youling257 <youling257@...il.com>
Cc:     jack@...e.cz, hch@...radead.org, hch@....de,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, ritesh.list@...il.com, tytso@....edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 12/13] ext4: Stop providing .writepage hook

Hello,

On Tue 09-05-23 01:51:08, youling257 wrote:
> I using linux mainline kernel on android.
> https://github.com/youling257/android-mainline/commits/6.4
> https://github.com/youling257/android-mainline/commits/6.3 "ext4: Stop
> providing .writepage hook" cause some android app unable to read
> storage/emulated/0 files, i need to say android esdfs file system
> storage/emulated is ext4 data/media bind mount.  I want to ask, why
> android storage/emulated need .writepage hook?

Honestly, I don't know. I guess you need to look into implementation of
esdfs in the Android kernel and why it needs filesystem's .writepage
hook...

								Honza
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>
SUSE Labs, CR