Re: [PATCH 00/11 linux-next] super magic values consolidation

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> On 28 May 2017 at 11:34 Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
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> On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 05:39:47PM +0200, Fabian Frederick wrote:
> > This small patchset reorganizes magic.h and fixes filesystems
> > which defined locally super magic values.
>
> And what's the point?

Current magic.h organization is strange for the less. Filesystems generally use
SUPER_MAGIC values from magic.h
instead of a local definition plus it looks easier for new subsystems to look at
just one file when
seeking for unique value.
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