From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759613AbYIALr5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Sep 2008 07:47:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755351AbYIALrm (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Sep 2008 07:47:42 -0400 Received: from smtp.nokia.com ([192.100.122.233]:38703 "EHLO mgw-mx06.nokia.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751733AbYIALri convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Sep 2008 07:47:38 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] UBIFS: fill f_fsid From: Artem Bityutskiy Reply-To: dedekind@infradead.org To: David Woodhouse Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Adrian Hunter In-Reply-To: <1220268480.2982.68.camel@pmac.infradead.org> References: <1220194366-12731-1-git-send-email-dedekind@infradead.org> <1220194366-12731-13-git-send-email-dedekind@infradead.org> <1220262187.2982.58.camel@pmac.infradead.org> <1220267810.4036.24.camel@sauron> <1220268480.2982.68.camel@pmac.infradead.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:43:56 +0300 Message-Id: <1220269436.4036.29.camel@sauron> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.3 (2.12.3-5.fc8) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT X-OriginalArrivalTime: 01 Sep 2008 11:47:21.0300 (UTC) FILETIME=[7E3E3140:01C90C28] X-Nokia-AV: Clean Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.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) From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Artem Bityutskiy Subject: Re: [PATCH] UBIFS: fill f_fsid Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:43:56 +0300 Message-ID: <1220269436.4036.29.camel@sauron> References: <1220194366-12731-1-git-send-email-dedekind@infradead.org> <1220194366-12731-13-git-send-email-dedekind@infradead.org> <1220262187.2982.58.camel@pmac.infradead.org> <1220267810.4036.24.camel@sauron> <1220268480.2982.68.camel@pmac.infradead.org> Reply-To: dedekind@infradead.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Adrian Hunter To: David Woodhouse Return-path: Received: from smtp.nokia.com ([192.100.122.233]:38703 "EHLO mgw-mx06.nokia.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751733AbYIALri convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Sep 2008 07:47:38 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1220268480.2982.68.camel@pmac.infradead.org> Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, 2008-09-01 at 12:28 +0100, David Woodhouse wrote: > > > Alternatively, there's space in the struct statfs to export a cou= ple > > > more uint32_ts, and thus the _whole_ of the uuid. Perhaps we shou= ld do > > > that? > >=20 > > You mean f_spare? I do not think any application would use it so I = doubt > > it is good idea to use it. >=20 > 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? --=20 Best regards, Artem Bityutskiy (=D0=91=D0=B8=D1=82=D1=8E=D1=86=D0=BA=D0=B8=D0=B9 =D0=90= =D1=80=D1=82=D1=91=D0=BC) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel= " in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html