Re: [PATCH] (and bad attr2 bug) - pack xfs_sb_t for 64-bit arches

Nathan Scott
2006-11-20T03:37:27Z

On Sun, 2006-11-19 at 21:32 -0600, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> Nathan Scott wrote:
> > On Sun, 2006-11-19 at 19:39 -0600, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> >> ...
> >> but it can't just be properly padded in the kernel and leave it at that,
> >> can it?
> >
> > I think it can.
> >
> >> If so won't attr2 filesystems on x86_64 suddenly start
> >> appearing to be attr2?
>
> ugh typo... "as attr1" I meant...
>
> > What problem do you see resulting from that though?
>
> is an attr2 filesystem mounted as attr1 safe?
>

yes.

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Nathan