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

sandeen
2006-11-17T15:21:50Z

> On Fri, 2006-11-17 at 00:34 -0600, sandeen@sandeen.net wrote:
>> and really, now that this is out in the wild, maybe sb_features3
>> instead of padding is appropriate, and check both for the attr2
>> bit...? :(
>
> Thats not going to work, theres three or four other feature2 bits
> preceding attr2 as well.
>
> The "take a 32 bit systems fs to a 64 bit system" is relatively
> uncommon, so I suppose its just something we live with (as we did
> with the log recovery issues in that situation for several years).

So you think this should not be fixed, then? Because if it -is- fixed
then it's not an fs transfer problem; suddenly 64-bit attr2 filesystems
will think they have attr1 if proper padding is added.

-Eric