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Date:	Thu, 21 May 2009 22:30:04 +0200
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	krh@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] fs: Remove i_cindex from struct inode

Theodore Ts'o wrote:
[...]
> The firewire driver does not need i_cindex in any fast path, so it's
> simple enough to calculate when it is needed, instead of wasting space
> in the inode structure.
> 
> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
> Cc: krh@...hat.com
> Cc: stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de
> Cc: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
> ---
>  drivers/ieee1394/dv1394.c        |    5 +++--
>  drivers/ieee1394/ieee1394_core.h |    5 ++++-
>  fs/char_dev.c                    |   14 +++++++++++++-
>  include/linux/cdev.h             |    2 ++
>  include/linux/fs.h               |    1 -
>  5 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
[...]

Acked-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>

(No Ack needed from krh, he is concerned with drivers/firewire, not 
really with driver/ieee1394. :-)
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Stefan Richter
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