linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/11 linux-next] super magic values consolidation

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Message-ID: <958803264.435844.1495972818238.open-xchange@webmail.nmp.proximus.be>
Date:   Sun, 28 May 2017 14:00:18 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:     linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
        pvfs2-developers@...wulf-underground.org,
        ocfs2-devel@....oracle.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        ceph-devel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        jfs-discussion@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/11 linux-next] super magic values consolidation



> On 28 May 2017 at 11:34 Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org> wrote:
>
>
> On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 05:39:47PM +0200, Fabian Frederick wrote:
> > This small patchset reorganizes magic.h and fixes filesystems
> > which defined locally super magic values.
>
> And what's the point?

Current magic.h organization is strange for the less. Filesystems generally use
SUPER_MAGIC values from magic.h
instead of a local definition plus it looks easier for new subsystems to look at
just one file when
seeking for unique value.