Re: [PATCH 06/16] xfs: consolidate mount option features in m_features

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On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 07:55:07PM +1000, Dave Chinner wrote:
> > What about using a separate field for these?  With this patch we've used
> > up all 64-bits in the features field, which isn't exactly the definition
> > of future proof..
> 
> I've used 16 mount option flags and 26 sb feature flags in this
> patch set, so there's still 22 feature flags remaining before we
> need to split them. This is all in-memory stuff so it's easy to
> modify in future. Given that the flag sets are largely set in only
> one place each and the check functions are all macro-ised, splitting
> them when we do run out of bits is trivial.
> 
> I'm more interested in trying to keep the cache footprint of
> frequently accessed read-only data down to a minimum right now,
> which is why I aggregated them in the first place...

Oh, I missed the hole in the middle.  Still not sure if mixing up mount
and on-disk flags entirely is something I'm fully comfortable with.  What
do you think of at least marking the mount options in the name?



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