Re: [PATCH 1/4] vfs: vfs-level fiemap interface

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On Sep 15, 2008  10:53 -0700, Mark Fasheh wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 10:49:48AM -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > I agree to you (or someone elses - don't remember anymore) suggestion
> > to put in more padding so we can add fields later.  I strongly disagree
> > putting in features now that we neither have a user, nor a usecase or
> > testcase for.
> 
> So, how about another 64 bits of padding in struct fiemap_extent? That could
> help cover future uses like compression, which might require another 64 bit
> offset field - we only have 32 bits of reserved space there right now.

I'd be happy to see it.

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

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