Re: [RFC][PATCH 3/6] SLIM main patch

David Safford
2006-07-14T20:50:12Z

On Fri, 2006-07-14 at 12:34 -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-07-14 at 12:25 -0700, Kylene Jo Hall wrote:
> > > inode_supports_xaddr()? Seems like something that should check a
> > > superblock flag or something.
> >
> > I don't know of any such flags.
>
> There probably aren't any. The superblock may not even be the right
> place for it. It just seems a bit silly to say that the only files in
> the system that don't support xaddrs are device files and /proc. What
> about all of the other filesystems? Have you tested things like
> ISO9660, VFAT, sysfs?

is_exempt() is just a quick test to speed up a couple of obvious cases.
It does not need to be complete, as the subsequent get_level() will handle
all other cases where xattrs are not supported....

dave