Re: [PATCH] Add extent conversion support to chattr

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On Sep 12, 2008  14:34 +0530, Aneesh Kumar wrote:
> -		_("Usage: %s [-RVf] [-+=AacDdijsSu] [-v version] files...\n"),
> +		_("Usage: %s [-RVf] [-+=AacDdijsSue] [-v version] files...\n"),

Please keep options in alphabetical order.

> @@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ static const struct flags_char flags_array[] = {
>  	{ EXT2_UNRM_FL, 'u' },
>  	{ EXT2_NOTAIL_FL, 't' },
>  	{ EXT2_TOPDIR_FL, 'T' },
> +	{ EXT4_EXTENTS_FL, 'e'},

I'd also prefer to keep these in alphabetical order, which they almost are.

> @@ -199,7 +201,22 @@ static int change_attributes(const char * name)
>  	if (set) {
> +		if (extent_file && !(sf & EXT4_EXTENTS_FL)) {
> +			if (!silent)
> +				com_err(program_name, 0,
> +				_("Clearing extent flag not supported on %s"),
> +					name);
> +			return -1;
> +		}

Why not just try to set this flag and let the kernel decide what is
possible?

Cheers, Andreas
--
Andreas Dilger
Sr. Staff Engineer, Lustre Group
Sun Microsystems of Canada, Inc.

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