Re: + ext2-get-rid-of-most-mentions-of-xip-in-ext2.patch added to -mm tree

[Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>]

On Fri 16-01-15 21:09:03, Wilcox, Matthew R wrote:
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> From: Jan Kara [mailto:jack@suse.cz] 
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> To: Wilcox, Matthew R
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> Subject: Re: + ext2-get-rid-of-most-mentions-of-xip-in-ext2.patch added to -mm tree
> 
> On Mon 12-01-15 15:11:11, Andrew Morton wrote:
> ...
> > diff -puN fs/ext2/ext2.h~ext2-get-rid-of-most-mentions-of-xip-in-ext2 fs/ext2/ext2.h
> > --- a/fs/ext2/ext2.h~ext2-get-rid-of-most-mentions-of-xip-in-ext2
> > +++ a/fs/ext2/ext2.h
> > @@ -380,14 +380,15 @@ struct ext2_inode {
> >  #define EXT2_MOUNT_NO_UID32		0x000200  /* Disable 32-bit UIDs */
> >  #define EXT2_MOUNT_XATTR_USER		0x004000  /* Extended user attributes */
> >  #define EXT2_MOUNT_POSIX_ACL		0x008000  /* POSIX Access Control Lists */
> > -#ifdef CONFIG_FS_DAX
> > -#define EXT2_MOUNT_XIP			0x010000  /* Execute in place */
> > -#else
> > -#define EXT2_MOUNT_XIP			0
> > -#endif
> > +#define EXT2_MOUNT_XIP			0x010000  /* Obsolete, use DAX */
> >  #define EXT2_MOUNT_USRQUOTA		0x020000  /* user quota */
> >  #define EXT2_MOUNT_GRPQUOTA		0x040000  /* group quota */
> >  #define EXT2_MOUNT_RESERVATION		0x080000  /* Preallocation */
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_FS_DAX
> > +#define EXT2_MOUNT_DAX			0x100000  /* Direct Access */
> > +#else
> > +#define EXT2_MOUNT_DAX			0
> > +#endif
>   Why do you define EXT2_MOUNT_DAX differently depending on CONFIG_FS_DAX?
>   That seems unnecessary...
> 
> That's copied from the original XIP code.  I think the intent is to make the XIP/DAX code disappear from the module, rather than being dead code cluttering up the object file.
  I see. OK.

								Honza

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Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
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