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From: Ted Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
To: Yongqiang Yang <xiaoqiangnk@gmail.com>
Cc: Andreas Dilger <adilger@s0106002191d9348c.cg.shawcable.net>,
	linux-ext4 List <linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/13] ext4: add a function which extends a group without checking parameters
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 13:07:44 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110821170744.GA19498@thunk.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGBYx2b3fCkReC4hy-K7jO35oM3thUHO9ST8xEkhVtkZSAqzgQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 02:27:41PM +0800, Yongqiang Yang wrote:
> YES!  This needs some feedbacks, I thought the old resize interface
> will be removed after the new resize interface goes into upstream.  So
> I did not touch
> old interface.  If we will remain the old interface, I can make some
> patches which let old resize use common code instead.

Yes, the backwards compatibility requirements for the kernel means
that we have to keep the old ioctl's working for at least 2-3 years...

   	   	    			    - Ted


  reply	other threads:[~2011-08-21 17:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-08-11  3:28 New resize interface implementation Yongqiang Yang
2011-08-11  3:28 ` [PATCH 01/13] ext4: add a function which extends a group without checking parameters Yongqiang Yang
2011-08-11  5:47   ` Andreas Dilger
2011-08-11  6:27     ` Yongqiang Yang
2011-08-21 17:07       ` Ted Ts'o [this message]
2011-08-22  2:51         ` Andreas Dilger
2011-08-11  3:28 ` [PATCH 02/13] ext4: add a function which adds a new desc to a fs Yongqiang Yang
2011-08-11  5:49   ` Andreas Dilger
2011-08-11  3:28 ` [PATCH 03/13] ext4: add a function which sets up a new group desc Yongqiang Yang
2011-08-11  6:42   ` Andreas Dilger
2011-08-12  8:49     ` Yongqiang Yang
2011-08-11  3:28 ` [PATCH 04/13] ext4: add a function which updates super block Yongqiang Yang
2011-08-11  3:28 ` [PATCH 05/13] ext4: add a structure which will be used by 64bit-resize interface Yongqiang Yang
2011-08-11 10:57   ` Steven Liu
2011-08-11  3:28 ` [PATCH 06/13] ext4: add a function which sets up group blocks of a flex groups Yongqiang Yang
2011-08-11  3:28 ` [PATCH 07/13] ext4: add a function which adds several group descriptors Yongqiang Yang
2011-08-11  3:28 ` [PATCH 08/13] ext4: add a function which sets up a flex groups each time Yongqiang Yang
2011-08-11  3:28 ` [PATCH 09/13] ext4: enable ext4_update_super() to handle a flex groups Yongqiang Yang
2011-08-11  3:28 ` [PATCH 10/13] ext4: pass verify_reserved_gdb() the number of group decriptors Yongqiang Yang
2011-08-11  3:28 ` [PATCH 11/13] ext4: add a new function which allocates bitmaps and inode tables Yongqiang Yang
2011-08-11  3:28 ` [PATCH 12/13] ext4: add a new function which adds a flex group to a fs Yongqiang Yang
2011-08-11  3:28 ` [PATCH 13/13] ext4: add new online resize interface Yongqiang Yang
     [not found] ` <CAKgsxVQAwEetdyGcOciA8+wi_eLA7Fmq60kfDvEK1WzgYxdUMQ@mail.gmail.com>
2011-08-17  7:28   ` New resize interface implementation Yongqiang Yang
     [not found]     ` <CAKgsxVSfrCt6tyxDdczLYFu0YeGXfuEAA=o_5T4TOkeNXSG8iA@mail.gmail.com>
2011-08-26 20:06       ` Justin Maggard
2011-09-01 12:30         ` Amir Goldstein

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