This patch update the i_version field of the inode and add a mount option to enable this feature. The other condition to enable this feature is that the inode size should be 256-bytes. Signed-off-by: Jean Noel Cordenner <jean-noel.cordenner@xxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/inode.c | 4 +++- fs/ext4/super.c | 7 ++++++- include/linux/ext4_fs.h | 1 + 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6.23-rc8-ext4-i_version/fs/ext4/inode.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.23-rc8-ext4-i_version.orig/fs/ext4/inode.c 2007-10-03 18:11:17.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.23-rc8-ext4-i_version/fs/ext4/inode.c 2007-10-05 10:26:42.000000000 +0200 @@ -3173,7 +3173,9 @@ { int err = 0; - inode->i_version++; + if (test_opt(inode->i_sb, I_VERSION)) + inode_inc_iversion(inode); + /* the do_update_inode consumes one bh->b_count */ get_bh(iloc->bh); Index: linux-2.6.23-rc8-ext4-i_version/fs/ext4/super.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.23-rc8-ext4-i_version.orig/fs/ext4/super.c 2007-10-03 18:11:17.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.23-rc8-ext4-i_version/fs/ext4/super.c 2007-10-03 18:17:44.000000000 +0200 @@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ 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_delalloc, - Opt_mballoc, Opt_nomballoc, Opt_stripe, + Opt_mballoc, Opt_nomballoc, Opt_stripe, Opt_i_version, }; static match_table_t tokens = { @@ -800,6 +800,7 @@ {Opt_mballoc, "mballoc"}, {Opt_nomballoc, "nomballoc"}, {Opt_stripe, "stripe=%u"}, + {Opt_i_version, "i_version"}, {Opt_err, NULL}, {Opt_resize, "resize"}, }; @@ -1161,6 +1162,10 @@ return 0; sbi->s_stripe = option; break; + case Opt_i_version: + set_opt (sbi->s_mount_opt, I_VERSION); + sb->s_flags |= MS_I_VERSION; + break; default: printk (KERN_ERR "EXT4-fs: Unrecognized mount option \"%s\" " Index: linux-2.6.23-rc8-ext4-i_version/include/linux/ext4_fs.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.23-rc8-ext4-i_version.orig/include/linux/ext4_fs.h 2007-10-03 18:11:17.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.23-rc8-ext4-i_version/include/linux/ext4_fs.h 2007-10-03 18:11:54.000000000 +0200 @@ -500,6 +500,7 @@ #define EXT4_MOUNT_JOURNAL_ASYNC_COMMIT 0x1000000 /* Journal Async Commit */ #define EXT4_MOUNT_DELALLOC 0x2000000 /* Delalloc support */ #define EXT4_MOUNT_MBALLOC 0x4000000 /* Buddy allocation support */ +#define EXT4_MOUNT_I_VERSION 0x8000000 /* i_version support */ /* Compatibility, for having both ext2_fs.h and ext4_fs.h included at once */ #ifndef _LINUX_EXT2_FS_H #define clear_opt(o, opt) o &= ~EXT4_MOUNT_##opt - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html