Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266876AbUIORVd (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Sep 2004 13:21:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266892AbUIORTE (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Sep 2004 13:19:04 -0400 Received: from kinesis.swishmail.com ([209.10.110.86]:26885 "EHLO kinesis.swishmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266878AbUIORRY (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Sep 2004 13:17:24 -0400 Message-ID: <41487A7A.80107@techsource.com> Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 13:23:06 -0400 From: Timothy Miller MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Hans Reiser CC: Linus Torvalds , David Masover , Jamie Lokier , Horst von Brand , Adrian Bunk , viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk, Christoph Hellwig , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Alexander Lyamin aka FLX , ReiserFS List Subject: Re: The argument for fs assistance in handling archives References: <20040826150202.GE5733@mail.shareable.org> <200408282314.i7SNErYv003270@localhost.localdomain> <20040901200806.GC31934@mail.shareable.org> <20040902002431.GN31934@mail.shareable.org> <413694E6.7010606@slaphack.com> <4136A14E.9010303@slaphack.com> <4136C876.5010806@namesys.com> <4136E0B6.4000705@namesys.com> In-Reply-To: <4136E0B6.4000705@namesys.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 890 Lines: 18 Hey, you know how device nodes have a bit set, indicating that they're device nodes and not regular files? Can a set of such properties be defined for reiser4 metadata properties? Like a "metadata" bit so you can distinguish (if you wish) between regular files and metadata objects, and in addition an "archivable metadata" bit which indicates that the given piece of metadata is not automatically generated and should be archived during backup (some manually-generated metadata which does not need to be backed up will not have this bit set -- perhaps add another flag indicating that it's not automatic but unnecessary to archive). - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/