[PATCH 0/6] xfsprogs: sync kernel inode cluster size refactor code

Jeff Liu jeff.liu at oracle.com
Mon May 5 21:33:42 CDT 2014


On 05/06 2014 05:27 AM, Dave Chinner wrote:
> On Mon, May 05, 2014 at 08:31:46PM +0800, Jeff Liu wrote:
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> This patch series sync up the code differences between kernel and user space
>> for xfs_icluster_size_fsb() relevant changes, i.e,
>> http://oss.sgi.com/archives/xfs/2013-12/msg00499.html
>>
>> Most patches are similar to the kernel part except we have xfs_bulkstat() and
>> xfs_ifree_cluster() at kernel space but they are not presented at user space.   
> 
> Given that we need to do a wholesale resync of libxfs to the kernel
> code, I'm not sure it makes sense to do little bits out of order.
> it just makes syncing all the other prior changes harder because it
> causes patch conflicts...
> 
> I'm planning that this is the first thing that we need to do
> after the 3.2.0 release before anything else....

Ok, so let's complete it at that point.

Cheers,
-Jeff



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