From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>,
linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org,
Allison Collins <allison.henderson@oracle.com>,
Chandan Rajendra <chandanrlinux@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 30/31] xfs: remove XFS_DA_OP_INCOMPLETE
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 16:48:56 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200218154856.GD21780@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200218022334.GD10776@dread.disaster.area>
On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 01:23:34PM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote:
> > diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.c
> > index d5c112b6dcdd..23e0d8ce39f8 100644
> > --- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.c
> > +++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.c
> > @@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ xfs_attr_node_addname(
> > * The INCOMPLETE flag means that we will find the "old"
> > * attr, not the "new" one.
> > */
> > - args->op_flags |= XFS_DA_OP_INCOMPLETE;
> > + args->attr_namespace |= XFS_ATTR_INCOMPLETE;
>
> So args->attr_namespace is no longer an indication of what attribute
> namespace to look up? Unless you are now defining incomplete
> attributes to be in a namespace?
It is the same field on disk.
> If so, I think this needs more explanation than "we can use the
> on-disk format directly instead". That's just telling me what the
> patch is doing and doesn't explain why we are considering this
> specific on disk flag to indicate a new type of "namespace" for
> attributes lookups. Hence I think this needs more documentation in
> both the commit and the code as the definition of
> XFS_ATTR_INCOMPLETE doesn't really make it clear that this is now
> considered a namespace signifier...
Ok. Also if anyone has a better name for the field, suggestions welcome..
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-02-18 15:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 74+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-02-17 12:59 clean up the attr interface v4 Christoph Hellwig
2020-02-17 12:59 ` [PATCH 01/31] xfs: reject invalid flags combinations in XFS_IOC_ATTRLIST_BY_HANDLE Christoph Hellwig
2020-02-17 21:48 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-19 0:49 ` Darrick J. Wong
2020-02-17 12:59 ` [PATCH 02/31] xfs: remove the ATTR_INCOMPLETE flag Christoph Hellwig
2020-02-17 21:51 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-18 15:19 ` Christoph Hellwig
2020-02-17 12:59 ` [PATCH 03/31] xfs: merge xfs_attr_remove into xfs_attr_set Christoph Hellwig
2020-02-17 22:02 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-17 12:59 ` [PATCH 04/31] xfs: merge xfs_attrmulti_attr_remove into xfs_attrmulti_attr_set Christoph Hellwig
2020-02-17 22:04 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-17 12:59 ` [PATCH 05/31] xfs: use strndup_user in XFS_IOC_ATTRMULTI_BY_HANDLE Christoph Hellwig
2020-02-17 22:15 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-18 15:24 ` Christoph Hellwig
2020-02-19 0:38 ` Darrick J. Wong
2020-02-19 4:03 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-17 12:59 ` [PATCH 06/31] xfs: factor out a helper for a single XFS_IOC_ATTRMULTI_BY_HANDLE op Christoph Hellwig
2020-02-17 22:28 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-18 15:28 ` Christoph Hellwig
2020-02-17 12:59 ` [PATCH 07/31] xfs: remove the name == NULL check from xfs_attr_args_init Christoph Hellwig
2020-02-17 22:29 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-17 12:59 ` [PATCH 08/31] xfs: remove the MAXNAMELEN " Christoph Hellwig
2020-02-17 22:29 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-17 12:59 ` [PATCH 09/31] xfs: move struct xfs_da_args to xfs_types.h Christoph Hellwig
2020-02-17 12:59 ` [PATCH 10/31] xfs: turn xfs_da_args.value into a void pointer Christoph Hellwig
2020-02-17 12:59 ` [PATCH 11/31] xfs: pass an initialized xfs_da_args structure to xfs_attr_set Christoph Hellwig
2020-02-17 12:59 ` [PATCH 12/31] xfs: pass an initialized xfs_da_args to xfs_attr_get Christoph Hellwig
2020-02-17 12:59 ` [PATCH 13/31] xfs: remove the xfs_inode argument to xfs_attr_get_ilocked Christoph Hellwig
2020-02-17 23:06 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-18 15:30 ` Christoph Hellwig
2020-02-17 12:59 ` [PATCH 14/31] xfs: remove ATTR_KERNOVAL Christoph Hellwig
2020-02-17 23:06 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-17 12:59 ` [PATCH 15/31] xfs: remove ATTR_ALLOC and XFS_DA_OP_ALLOCVAL Christoph Hellwig
2020-02-17 23:09 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-17 12:59 ` [PATCH 16/31] xfs: replace ATTR_KERNOTIME with XFS_DA_OP_NOTIME Christoph Hellwig
2020-02-17 23:21 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-17 12:59 ` [PATCH 17/31] xfs: factor out a xfs_attr_match helper Christoph Hellwig
2020-02-17 23:23 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-17 12:59 ` [PATCH 18/31] xfs: cleanup struct xfs_attr_list_context Christoph Hellwig
2020-02-17 23:25 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-17 12:59 ` [PATCH 19/31] xfs: remove the unused ATTR_ENTRY macro Christoph Hellwig
2020-02-17 23:25 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-17 12:59 ` [PATCH 20/31] xfs: open code ATTR_ENTSIZE Christoph Hellwig
2020-02-17 23:32 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-17 12:59 ` [PATCH 21/31] xfs: move the legacy xfs_attr_list to xfs_ioctl.c Christoph Hellwig
2020-02-17 23:41 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-18 15:38 ` Christoph Hellwig
2020-02-17 12:59 ` [PATCH 22/31] xfs: rename xfs_attr_list_int to xfs_attr_list Christoph Hellwig
2020-02-17 23:42 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-17 12:59 ` [PATCH 23/31] xfs: properly type the buffer field in struct xfs_fsop_attrlist_handlereq Christoph Hellwig
2020-02-17 23:53 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-18 15:39 ` Christoph Hellwig
2020-02-19 0:58 ` Darrick J. Wong
2020-02-19 4:10 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-17 12:59 ` [PATCH 24/31] xfs: lift common checks into xfs_ioc_attr_list Christoph Hellwig
2020-02-17 23:47 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-17 12:59 ` [PATCH 25/31] xfs: lift buffer allocation " Christoph Hellwig
2020-02-17 23:55 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-17 12:59 ` [PATCH 26/31] xfs: lift cursor copy in/out " Christoph Hellwig
2020-02-18 0:03 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-17 12:59 ` [PATCH 27/31] xfs: improve xfs_forget_acl Christoph Hellwig
2020-02-18 1:58 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-17 12:59 ` [PATCH 28/31] xfs: clean up the ATTR_REPLACE checks Christoph Hellwig
2020-02-18 2:06 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-18 15:41 ` Christoph Hellwig
2020-02-17 12:59 ` [PATCH 29/31] xfs: clean up the attr flag confusion Christoph Hellwig
2020-02-17 12:59 ` [PATCH 30/31] xfs: remove XFS_DA_OP_INCOMPLETE Christoph Hellwig
2020-02-18 2:23 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-18 15:48 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2020-02-19 0:47 ` Darrick J. Wong
2020-02-19 6:53 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-17 12:59 ` [PATCH 31/31] xfs: embedded the attrlist cursor into struct xfs_attr_list_context Christoph Hellwig
2020-02-18 2:24 ` Dave Chinner
2020-02-19 0:48 ` clean up the attr interface v4 Darrick J. Wong
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