On Fri, 2005-08-05 at 10:28 +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > >The gfs2_disk_hash() function and the crc table on which it's based are a > >part of gfs2_ondisk.h: the ondisk metadata specification. This is a bit > >unusual since gfs uses a hash table on-disk for its directory structure. > >This header, including the hash function/table, must be included by user > >space programs like fsck that want to decipher a fs, and any change to the > >function or table would effectively make the fs corrupted. Because of > >this I think it's best for gfs to keep it's own copy as part of its ondisk > >format spec. > > Tune the spec to use kernel and libcrc32 tables and bump the version number of > the spec to e.g. GFS 2.1. That way, things transform smoothly and could go out > eventually at some later date. afaik the tables aren't actually different. So no need to bump the spec! -- Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster
