Re: [PATCH] e2fsprogs: clean up ext2fs_bg_flags_ interfaces

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On Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 02:03:47PM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> The ext2fs_bg_flag* functions were confusing.
>
> Currently we have this:
>
> void ext2fs_bg_flags_set(ext2_filsys fs, dgrp_t group, __u16 bg_flags);
> void ext2fs_bg_flags_clear(ext2_filsys fs, dgrp_t group,__u16 bg_flags);
>
> (_set (unused) sets exactly bg_flags; _clear clears all and ignores bg_flags)
>
> and these, which can twiddle individual bits in bg_flags:
>
> void ext2fs_bg_flag_set(ext2_filsys fs, dgrp_t group, __u16 bg_flag);
> void ext2fs_bg_flag_clear(ext2_filsys fs, dgrp_t group, __u16 bg_flag);
>
> A better interface, after the patch below, is just:
>
> ext2fs_bg_flags_zap(fs, group) /* zeros bg_flags */
> ext2fs_bg_flags_set(fs, group, flags) /* adds flags to bg_flags */
> ext2fs_bg_flags_clear(fs, group, flags) /* clears flags in bg_flags */
>

Applied.  I also (for consistency's sake) converted
ext2fs_bg_flag_test() to ext2fs_bg_flags_test() in a separate commit.

							- Ted
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