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From: Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind@infradead.org>
To: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Adrian Hunter <ext-adrian.hunter@nokia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] UBIFS: fill f_fsid
Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:43:56 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1220269436.4036.29.camel@sauron> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1220268480.2982.68.camel@pmac.infradead.org>

On Mon, 2008-09-01 at 12:28 +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
> > > Alternatively, there's space in the struct statfs to export a couple
> > > more uint32_ts, and thus the _whole_ of the uuid. Perhaps we should do
> > > that?
> > 
> > You mean f_spare? I do not think any application would use it so I doubt
> > it is good idea to use it.
> 
> Well, it wouldn't be called f_spare any more, and applications would
> know that it contains the rest of the UUID if it's non-zero.

May be, but there are only 5 bytes left. But why would you need more
UUID bytes?

-- 
Best regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (Битюцкий Артём)


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From: Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind@infradead.org>
To: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Adrian Hunter <ext-adrian.hunter@nokia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] UBIFS: fill f_fsid
Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:43:56 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1220269436.4036.29.camel@sauron> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1220268480.2982.68.camel@pmac.infradead.org>

On Mon, 2008-09-01 at 12:28 +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
> > > Alternatively, there's space in the struct statfs to export a couple
> > > more uint32_ts, and thus the _whole_ of the uuid. Perhaps we should do
> > > that?
> > 
> > You mean f_spare? I do not think any application would use it so I doubt
> > it is good idea to use it.
> 
> Well, it wouldn't be called f_spare any more, and applications would
> know that it contains the rest of the UUID if it's non-zero.

May be, but there are only 5 bytes left. But why would you need more
UUID bytes?

-- 
Best regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (Битюцкий Артём)

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  reply	other threads:[~2008-09-01 11:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-08-31 14:52 UBIFS updates for 2.6.27 Artem Bityutskiy
2008-08-31 14:32 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2008-08-31 14:52 ` [PATCH] UBIFS: fix zero-length truncations Artem Bityutskiy
2008-08-31 14:52 ` [PATCH] UBIFS: always read hashed-key nodes under TNC mutex Artem Bityutskiy
2008-08-31 14:52 ` [PATCH] UBIFS: allow for racing between GC and TNC Artem Bityutskiy
2008-08-31 14:52 ` [PATCH] UBIFS: do not update min_idx_lebs in stafs Artem Bityutskiy
2008-08-31 14:52 ` [PATCH] UBIFS: push empty flash hack down Artem Bityutskiy
2008-08-31 14:52 ` [PATCH] UBIFS: remove incorrect index space check Artem Bityutskiy
2008-08-31 14:52 ` [PATCH] UBIFS: improve statfs reporting Artem Bityutskiy
2008-08-31 14:52 ` [PATCH] UBIFS: fix assertion Artem Bityutskiy
2008-08-31 14:52 ` [PATCH] UBIFS: add forgotten gc_idx_lebs component Artem Bityutskiy
2008-08-31 14:52 ` [PATCH] UBIFS: introduce LEB overhead Artem Bityutskiy
2008-08-31 14:52 ` [PATCH] UBIFS: improve statfs reporting even more Artem Bityutskiy
2008-08-31 14:52 ` [PATCH] UBIFS: fill f_fsid Artem Bityutskiy
2008-09-01  9:43   ` David Woodhouse
2008-09-01 11:16     ` Artem Bityutskiy
2008-09-01 11:16       ` Artem Bityutskiy
2008-09-01 11:28       ` David Woodhouse
2008-09-01 11:43         ` Artem Bityutskiy [this message]
2008-09-01 11:43           ` Artem Bityutskiy
2008-09-01 11:50           ` David Woodhouse
2008-09-01 11:56             ` Artem Bityutskiy
2008-09-01 11:56               ` Artem Bityutskiy
2008-09-01 15:01     ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-09-02  7:03       ` Artem Bityutskiy
2008-09-02  7:03         ` Artem Bityutskiy
2008-09-02 17:09         ` Andreas Dilger
2008-09-02 17:29           ` David Woodhouse
2008-09-02 19:13             ` Andreas Dilger
2008-09-02 19:32               ` David Woodhouse
2008-09-02 21:02           ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-09-02 21:26             ` David Woodhouse
2008-09-02 21:48               ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-09-02 22:12                 ` David Woodhouse
2008-09-02 22:12                   ` David Woodhouse
2008-09-02 22:12                   ` David Woodhouse
2008-09-03  6:20               ` Artem Bityutskiy
2008-09-03  6:20                 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2008-09-02 22:32             ` David Woodhouse
2008-09-03  9:44     ` Artem Bityutskiy
2008-09-03 10:14       ` David Woodhouse
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2008-08-31 16:17 UBIFS updates for 2.6.27 Artem Bityutskiy
2008-08-31 16:17 ` [PATCH] UBIFS: fill f_fsid Artem Bityutskiy

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