From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Theodore Ts'o Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] ext4: don't split xattr inode refcounts across i_ctime and i_version fields Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 17:41:50 -0500 Message-ID: <20180111224150.GK19241@thunk.org> References: <20180109144701.27387-1-jlayton@kernel.org> <20180109185249.GA5594@magnolia> <1515524731.3571.16.camel@kernel.org> <20180111183914.GE19241@thunk.org> <1515701343.3788.19.camel@kernel.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: "Darrick J. Wong" , adilger.kernel@dilger.ca, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, dhowells@redhat.com To: Jeff Layton Return-path: Received: from imap.thunk.org ([74.207.234.97]:38574 "EHLO imap.thunk.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933341AbeAKWl5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Jan 2018 17:41:57 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1515701343.3788.19.camel@kernel.org> Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 03:09:03PM -0500, Jeff Layton wrote: > > Wouldn't it have made more sense to just store it all in i_version field > (like this patch makes it do)? If this breaks backward compatibility > though, then I'm fine with just dropping the patch. Yes, that part is there for compatibility for the deployed base (Lustre Servers). - Ted