Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote: > On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 11:29:49AM -0600, Eric Sandeen wrote: >> Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote: >>> Rename the lower bits with suffix _lo and add helper >>> to access the values. Also rename bg_itable_unused_hi >>> to bg_pad as in e2fsprogs. bg_itable_unused_hi is never >>> used before >> Maybe you can add info about under which circumstances (what sort of >> fielsystem geometry) the hi bits are needed? And the failure mode when >> we don't use them, if that's known? > > Coly actually said it was added for inode reservation. But he agreed to > drop the high bits now and add them later once the performance issue > with the patch is addressed. > > -aneesh Ok, and for the rest? (free_blocks, free_inodes) - I guess these are only needed for > 2^32 block filesystems? Thanks, -eric -- 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
