linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] hfsplus: get rid of write

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Date:	Thu, 21 Jun 2012 23:53:40 +0300
From:	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>,
	Linux FS Maling List <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Maling List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] hfsplus: get rid of write_super

On Thu, 2012-06-21 at 23:30 +0300, Artem Bityutskiy wrote:
> Well, I also thought about this. But I again did not want to invent
> anything complex because main file systems - ext4, btrfs, xfs - do not
> use 'write_super()' at all.

Sorry, ext4 does use it in the non-journal mode but I have patches which
kill it, although not looked at by Ted so far.

>  And then only these dying / rare
> file-systems like btrfs / hfs - I did not feel like over-engineering
> is
> needed.

Sorry, of course I meant reiserfs, not btrfs.

So what's left is hfs/hfsplus, affs, ufs, udf, reiserfs, jffs2. I could
optimize them if needed, but is this worth the effort?

-- 
Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy

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