Hi, On Tue, 2009-11-10 at 12:19 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:11:47 +0000 > Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > On Tue, 2009-11-03 at 16:44 +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > > Add a flags argument to strcut xattr_handler and pass it to all xattr > > > handler methods. This allows using the same methods for multiple > > > handlers, e.g. for the ACL methods which perform exactly the same action > > > for the access and default ACLs, just using a different underlying > > > attribute. With a little more groundwork it'll also allow sharing the > > > methods for the regular user/trusted/secure handlers in extN, ocfs2 and > > > jffs2 like it's already done for xfs in this patch. > > > > > > Also change the inode argument to the handlers to a dentry to allow > > > using the handlers mechnism for filesystems that require it later, > > > e.g. cifs. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> > > > Reviewed-by: James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxx> > > > Acked-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > GFS2 bits Acked-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > GFS2 bits Buggered-up-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@xxxxxxxxxx> > > patching file fs/gfs2/acl.c > Hunk #1 FAILED at 185. > Hunk #2 FAILED at 196. > Hunk #3 FAILED at 205. > Hunk #4 FAILED at 217. > Hunk #5 FAILED at 231. > 5 out of 5 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file fs/gfs2/acl.c.rej > patching file fs/gfs2/inode.c > patching file fs/gfs2/xattr.c > Hunk #1 succeeded at 567 (offset 30 lines). > Hunk #2 succeeded at 1118 (offset 30 lines). > Hunk #3 succeeded at 1129 (offset 30 lines). > Hunk #4 succeeded at 1154 (offset 30 lines). > Hunk #5 succeeded at 1182 (offset 30 lines). > Hunk #6 succeeded at 1222 (offset 30 lines). > Hunk #7 FAILED at 1530. > 1 out of 7 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file fs/gfs2/xattr.c.rej > > linux-next changes have made rather a mess of this patch. The changes required to allow the patch to apply are pretty small, but I'm not really sure about the best path forward at this point :( Updating the patch is easy, but the question is which tree should it go in when its been updated? Steve. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html