linux-kernel - Re: [rfc][patch 3/4] fs: new truncate sequence

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Date:	Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:59:17 +0200
From:	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:	Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@...asas.com>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [rfc][patch 3/4] fs: new truncate sequence

On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 10:47:18AM -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 11:55:51AM +0300, Boaz Harrosh wrote:
> > I wish you would split it.
> > 
> > one - helper to be called by converted file systems
> >       (Which just ignores the ATTR_SIZE)
> > second - to be set into .setattr which does the simple_setsize + above.
> > 
> > More clear for FS users like me (and that ugly unmask of ATTR_SIZE)
> > 
> > or it's just me?
> 
> Yeah, that seems be a lot cleaner.  But let's wait until we got
> rid of ->truncate for all filesystems to have the bigger picture.

Agreed, if it is a common sequence / requirement for filesystems
then of course I will not object to a helper to make things clearer
or share code.

I would like to see inode_setattr renamed into simple_setattr, and
then also .setattr made mandatory, so I don't like to cut code out
of inode_setattr which makes it unable to be the simple_setattr
after the old truncate code is removed.

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