Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/7]ext4: Add EXT4_IOC_CLR_GLOBAL_ALLOC_RULE clears block allocation restriction

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On Jun 23, 2009  17:25 +0900, Akira Fujita wrote:
> Block allocation restriction is cleared with this ioctl or umount filesystem.
> 
>  #define EXT4_IOC_CLR_GLOBAL_ALLOC_RULE _IOW('f', 17, struct ext4_alloc_rule);
> 
>   struct ext4_alloc_rule {
>         __u64 start;            /* start physical offset to clear rule */
>         __u64 len;              /* number of blocks to be clear */
>         __u32 alloc_flag;       /* not used, should be zero */
>   };

Why not call EXT4_IOC_ADD_GLOBAL_ALLOC_RULE with a "clear" flag?

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

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