linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] EXT4: Set NOSEC flag early when there are no xattrs

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Message-ID: <4DE0BB71.9000303@gmail.com>
Date:	Sat, 28 May 2011 11:08:01 +0200
From:	Marco Stornelli <marco.stornelli@...il.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
	tytso@....edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] EXT4: Set NOSEC flag early when there are no xattrs

Il 28/05/2011 00:54, Andi Kleen ha scritto:
> From: Andi Kleen<ak@...ux.intel.com>
>
> This avoids a xattr lookup on every write.
>
> Cc: tytso@....edu
> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen<ak@...ux.intel.com>

Are ext2/3 affected too? It seems to me that more or less the xattr 
management for the extN series is the same, isn't it?

Marco
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