Re: [PATCH 03/11] fs: add support for an inode to carry stream related data

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On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 01:05:26PM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
> No functional changes in this patch, just in preparation for
> allowing applications to pass in hints about data life times
> for writes.
> 
> Pack the i_stream field into a 2-byte hole, so we don't grow
> the size of the inode.

Can't we find space for 4 flags somewhere else?



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