Re: [PATCH 07/11] xfs: kill struct xfs_ictimestamp

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On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 11:18 AM Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 11:17:34AM +0300, Amir Goldstein wrote:
> > Looking at this my eyes pop out.
> > I realize that maintaining on-disk format of the log is challenging,
> > so if there is no other technical solution that will be easier for humans
> > to review and maintain going forward, I will step back and let others
> > review this code.
> >
> > But it bears the question: do we have to support replaying on BE a
> > log that was recorded on LE? Especially with so little BE machines
> > around these days, this sounds like over design to me.
> > Wouldn't it be better just to keep a bit in the log if it is LE or BE and refuse
> > to replay it on the wrong architecture?
>
> XFS has never supported replaying a BE log on LE machine or vice versa.

Right. Makes sense.
I guess I read this backwards:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-xfs/20200825003945.GA6096@magnolia/T/#u

Sorry for the noise.

Thanks,
Amir.



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