From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261574AbVAMKnX (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Jan 2005 05:43:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261561AbVAMKmL (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Jan 2005 05:42:11 -0500 Received: from mail.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:61590 "EHLO Cantor.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261566AbVAMKky (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Jan 2005 05:40:54 -0500 Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 11:31:43 +0100 From: Andreas Gruenbacher To: Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Alex Tomas , Andreas Dilger , "Stephen C. Tweedie" , Andrew Tridgell Subject: [RESEND][PATCH 0/9] Ext3: extended attribute sharing fixes and in-inode EAs Message-Id: <1105549936.694778@suse.de> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello, it seems this patchset did not make it through to LKML, so I'm trying to resend. This set of patches contains cleanups and fixes to the mbcache and ext2/ext3 xattr code, and adds completely reworks Alex Tomas's in-inode attribute patch. I did a fair amount of review and testing on all the patches; Andrew Tridgell did some testing as well. As far as I can tell the patches are ready for direct merging. Alternatively the fixes could be merged while the in-inode attribute support could go into -mm; either way won't make much difference for me. Please comment. In order for the patches to apply, please first revert Alex's in-inode-ea patch. The patch was not ready for merging yet. I could retrofit the rewrite on top of Alex's patch, but this would cause a lot of work, and would benefit the code quality in no way. Alex's patch was merged in this changeset: http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset@41db7b23z5xP6bWuxXwEgBu1AxyStQ?nav=index.html|ChangeSet@-4w All the patches contain decsriptions. The bugfix patches in this set are: revert-old-ea-in-inode.diff A reverse diff of Alex's patch. mbcache-cleanup.diff A small mbcache cleanup. mbcache-bug.diff Convert the mbcache to protect cache entries readers/writer style. This fixes an attribute sharing race. xattr-credits.diff Don't use journal_release_buffer in ext3 xattrs; it's unsafe. ext3_xattr_release_block.diff Factor our common xattr code. remove-XATTR_INDEX_MAX.diff Minor cleaup. The patches for in-inode attribute support are: xattr-cleanup.diff Prepare xattr code for in-inode xattrs. fix-get_inode_loc.diff Hide ext3_get_inode_loc in_mem optimization from users; the optimization applies differently with in-inode xattrs. ea-in-inode.diff In-inode attribute support. This is the original patch from Alex heavily cleaned up. Please apply the patches in this order: revert-old-ea-in-inode.diff mbcache-cleanup.diff mbcache-bug.diff xattr-credits.diff ext3_xattr_release_block.diff remove-XATTR_INDEX_MAX.diff xattr-cleanup.diff fix-get_inode_loc.diff ea-in-inode.diff Regards, -- Andreas Gruenbacher SUSE Labs, SUSE LINUX PRODUCTS GMBH