Re: [PATCH 08/10 V2] fiemap: Use a callback to fill fiemap extents

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On Wed, Dec 05, 2018 at 10:17:26AM +0100, Carlos Maiolino wrote:
> As a goal to enable fiemap infrastructure to be used by fibmap too, we need a
> way to use different helpers to fill extent data, depending on its usage. One
> helper to fill extent data stored in user address space (used in fiemap), and
> another fo fill extent data stored in kernel address space (will be used in
> fibmap).
> 
> This patch sets up the usage of a callback to be used to fill in the extents.
> It transforms the current fiemap_fill_next_extent, into a simple helper to call
> the callback, avoiding unneeded changes on any filesystem, and reutilizes the
> original function as the callback used by FIEMAP.

Looks good modulo the fact that the previous patch should be merged
into this one.



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