[PATCH] xfs: Update mount options documentation

Mark Tinguely tinguely at sgi.com
Thu Oct 18 12:15:18 CDT 2012


On 10/18/12 12:04, Carlos Maiolino wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 11:05:32AM -0500, Mark Tinguely wrote:
>> On 10/18/12 11:00, Dave Howorth wrote:
>>> Mark Tinguely wrote:
>>>> Would "Indicates that XFS is allowed to create inodes at locations up to
>>>> 32 bits of significance .."
>>>
>>> I prefer the original wording. Your suggestion says something about what
>>> XFS can do, but nothing about what it is not allowed to do, which is
>>> rather more important.
>>>
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>> I see your point. Sounds good to me.
>>
>> --Mark.
>>
> This means no change is needed?
>

I am okay with what is written about creating inodes.

On a separate question, should something be mentioned that inode32 mode 
can still read/write/unlink any inode, even those number greater than 32 
bit, or will that confuse the inode creation point?

--Mark.




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