From: "Brian F. G. Bidulock" <bidulock@openss7.org>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd.bergmann@de.ibm.com>,
Steven Whitehouse <steve@chygwyn.com>,
Theodore Tso <tytso@thunk.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH 1/8] inode_diet: Replace inode.u.generic_ip with inode.i_private
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 09:04:25 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060620090425.C10897@openss7.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060620090135.B10897@openss7.org>; from bidulock@openss7.org on Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 09:01:35AM -0600
Arnd,
On Tue, 20 Jun 2006, Brian F. G. Bidulock wrote:
>
> Placing i_private and i_pipe in the same union will break FIFOs.
>
> Also, i_pipe should not be combined with i_cdev and i_bdev.
>
Also, both character and block devices need separate use of i_private.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-06-20 15:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-06-19 15:20 [RFC] [PATCH 0/8] Inode slimming Theodore Tso
2006-06-19 15:20 ` [RFC] [PATCH 1/8] inode_diet: Replace inode.u.generic_ip with inode.i_private Theodore Tso
2006-06-19 17:17 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-06-19 19:09 ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-06-19 19:37 ` Theodore Tso
2006-06-20 9:43 ` Steven Whitehouse
2006-06-20 11:45 ` Arnd Bergmann
2006-06-20 12:34 ` Steven Whitehouse
2006-06-20 13:53 ` Arnd Bergmann
2006-06-20 15:01 ` Brian F. G. Bidulock
2006-06-20 15:04 ` Brian F. G. Bidulock [this message]
2006-06-20 12:29 ` Theodore Tso
2006-06-19 15:20 ` [RFC] [PATCH 2/8] inode-diet: Move i_pipe into a union Theodore Tso
2006-06-19 17:19 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-06-19 19:06 ` Theodore Tso
2006-06-20 15:23 ` Brian F. G. Bidulock
2006-06-21 1:45 ` Theodore Tso
2006-06-22 9:03 ` Brian F. G. Bidulock
2006-06-19 15:20 ` [RFC] [PATCH 3/8] inode-diet: Move i_bdev " Theodore Tso
2006-06-19 15:20 ` [RFC] [PATCH 4/8] inode-diet: Move i_cdev " Theodore Tso
2006-06-19 17:20 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-06-19 15:20 ` [RFC] [PATCH 5/8] inode-diet: Eliminate i_blksize and use a per-superblock default Theodore Tso
2006-06-19 15:49 ` Avi Kivity
2006-06-19 16:55 ` Theodore Tso
2006-06-19 15:58 ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-06-19 16:16 ` Joel Becker
2006-06-19 17:20 ` Theodore Tso
2006-06-19 18:55 ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-06-19 22:13 ` Mark Fasheh
2006-06-21 19:41 ` Nate Diller
2006-06-19 17:03 ` Theodore Tso
2006-06-19 18:56 ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-06-19 16:01 ` Joel Becker
2006-06-19 17:06 ` Theodore Tso
2006-06-19 21:45 ` Joel Becker
2006-06-19 22:14 ` Mark Fasheh
2006-06-19 15:20 ` [RFC] [PATCH 6/8] inode-diet: Move i_cindex from struct inode to struct file Theodore Tso
2006-06-19 19:33 ` Al Viro
2006-06-19 19:37 ` Al Viro
2006-06-19 20:58 ` Theodore Tso
2006-06-19 21:51 ` Stefan Richter
2006-06-19 15:20 ` [RFC] [PATCH 7/8] inode-diet: Use a union for i_blocks and i_size, i_rdev and i_devices Theodore Tso
2006-06-19 15:20 ` [RFC] [PATCH 8/8] inode-diet: Fix size of i_blkbits, i_version, and i_dnotify_mask Theodore Tso
2006-06-19 16:54 ` [RFC] [PATCH 0/8] Inode slimming Christoph Lameter
2006-06-19 19:09 ` Theodore Tso
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2006-06-21 12:51 [RFC] [PATCH 0/8] Inode diet v2 Theodore Tso
2006-06-21 12:51 ` [RFC] [PATCH 1/8] inode_diet: Replace inode.u.generic_ip with inode.i_private Theodore Tso
2006-06-21 13:23 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-06-21 14:44 ` Brian F. G. Bidulock
2006-06-21 15:37 ` Theodore Tso
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