linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 23/32] mbcache: make mbcache naming more generic

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Message-ID: <20170622143702.6sgff5xnc5sxux6i@thunk.org>
Date:   Thu, 22 Jun 2017 10:37:02 -0400
From:   Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:     Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@...gle.com>
Cc:     Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>,
        "Darrick J . Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>,
        Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 23/32] mbcache: make mbcache naming more generic

On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 02:21:33PM -0700, Tahsin Erdogan wrote:
> Make names more generic so that mbcache usage is not limited to
> block sharing. In a subsequent patch in the series
> ("ext4: xattr inode deduplication"), we start using the mbcache code
> for sharing xattr inodes. With that patch, old mb_cache_entry.e_block
> field could be holding either a block number or an inode number.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@...gle.com>

Thanks, added to the ext4 patch queue.

					- Ted