Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 05:11:24AM +0300, Dmitry Monakhov wrote: >> Add new field "i_rsv_blocks" to generic inode. This value is >> managed similar to i_blocks, i_bytes fileds (protected by i_lock). >> This generic interface will be used by generic quota code similar >> to i_blocks. > > Please don't bloat the VFS inode for this information. But almost all recent file systems using extends and delayed allocation. This means that we have to think about generic space reservation management quota interface. Otherwise each fs will invent it's own callbacks. What do you think about hide it with CONFIG_QUOTA option? May be introduce new CONFIG_QUOTA_RESERVATION? -- 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