On Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:09:39 -0500 "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > Mingming has been working on some changes to support better support > quotas when ext4's delayed allocation is enabled. Unfortunately, they > conflict with Jan's 64-bit quota changes. The first two patches in > mingming's series change core quota handling code; the last one is ext4 > specific. > > Andrew has commented on the patches and I assume Mingming will be > addressing his comments. In the meantime, there is the question of > where the patches should live while they cook. > > Mingming has dropped her patches, followed by Jan's 64-bit quota > patches, into the ext4 patch queue tree. This was for her convenience, > and also so she could modify Jan's patches so they would apply after > making the changes she needed. That makes sense, but it means that we > have the quota patches in the ext4 tree, which isn't so great, > especially if Jan wants/needs/plans to make any further changes. > > Andrew has I see sucked up the Mingming's quota changes into the mm > tree. Given that 2 out of the 3 patches affect core code, that also > makes sense, although the last patch is ext4 specific, and some changes > to that patch might be needed as we make other changes to ext4. (For > example, my latest patch to reduce stack space on x86_64 systems by > fixing inappropriate use of "unsigned long" required some minor fix ups > to Mingming's last patch. > > So what to do... I *think* the thing which makes the most sense is for > me to drop all of the quota related changes from the ext4 patch queue, > since in reality 95% of the changes are are all outside of the ext4 > tree, and let Andrew carry the changes in -mm. Mingming, if you like we > can save the patches off to a subdirectory in the ext4 patch queue, and > make it easier for you to do your development. > > Does that make sense to everyone? > It works for me. I really need to get off my butt and get -mm into linux-next. I can merge ext4-quota-handling-for-delayed-allocation.patch if you like, or you can merge it once te quota changes have gone in. -- 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
