hi, This patch apply on the top of the ext4 git tree. It adds a mount option to enable i_version feature for ext4. Signed-off-by: Jean noel Cordenner <jean-noel.cordenner@xxxxxxxx>
Index: linux-2.6.22-ext4/fs/ext4/super.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.22-ext4.orig/fs/ext4/super.c 2007-07-26 10:48:52.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.22-ext4/fs/ext4/super.c 2007-07-26 17:29:44.000000000 +0200 @@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ Opt_usrjquota, Opt_grpjquota, Opt_offusrjquota, Opt_offgrpjquota, Opt_jqfmt_vfsold, Opt_jqfmt_vfsv0, Opt_quota, Opt_noquota, Opt_ignore, Opt_barrier, Opt_err, Opt_resize, Opt_usrquota, - Opt_grpquota, Opt_extents, Opt_noextents, + Opt_grpquota, Opt_extents, Opt_noextents, Opt_i_version, Opt_delayed_alloc, Opt_nodelayed_alloc, }; @@ -793,6 +793,7 @@ {Opt_noextents, "noextents"}, {Opt_delayed_alloc, "delalloc"}, {Opt_nodelayed_alloc, "nodelalloc"}, + {Opt_i_version, "i_version"}, {Opt_err, NULL}, {Opt_resize, "resize"}, }; @@ -1144,6 +1145,9 @@ case Opt_noextents: clear_opt (sbi->s_mount_opt, EXTENTS); break; + case Opt_i_version: + clear_opt (sbi->s_mount_opt, I_VERSION); + break; default: printk (KERN_ERR "EXT4-fs: Unrecognized mount option \"%s\" " Index: linux-2.6.22-ext4/include/linux/ext4_fs.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.22-ext4.orig/include/linux/ext4_fs.h 2007-07-26 10:48:52.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.22-ext4/include/linux/ext4_fs.h 2007-07-26 10:51:11.000000000 +0200 @@ -489,6 +489,7 @@ #define EXT4_MOUNT_JOURNAL_CHECKSUM 0x800000 /* Journal checksums */ #define EXT4_MOUNT_JOURNAL_ASYNC_COMMIT 0x1000000 /* Journal Async Commit */ #define EXT4_MOUNT_DELAYED_ALLOC 0x2000000/* Delayed allocation support*/ +#define EXT4_MOUNT_I_VERSION 0x4000000/* i_version support */ /* Compatibility, for having both ext2_fs.h and ext4_fs.h included at once */ #ifndef _LINUX_EXT2_FS_H Index: linux-2.6.22-ext4/fs/ext4/inode.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.22-ext4.orig/fs/ext4/inode.c 2007-07-26 10:48:52.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.22-ext4/fs/ext4/inode.c 2007-07-30 16:08:19.000000000 +0200 @@ -3107,7 +3107,9 @@ { int err = 0; - inode->i_version++; + if (test_opt(inode->i_sb, I_VERSION)) + inode->i_version++; + /* the do_update_inode consumes one bh->b_count */ get_bh(iloc->bh);