Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261574AbVAMKnX (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Jan 2005 05:43:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261561AbVAMKmL (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Jan 2005 05:42:11 -0500 Received: from mail.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:61590 "EHLO Cantor.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261566AbVAMKky (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Jan 2005 05:40:54 -0500 Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 11:31:43 +0100 From: Andreas Gruenbacher To: Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Alex Tomas , Andreas Dilger , "Stephen C. Tweedie" , Andrew Tridgell Subject: [RESEND][PATCH 0/9] Ext3: extended attribute sharing fixes and in-inode EAs Message-Id: <1105549936.694778@suse.de> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2443 Lines: 70 Hello, it seems this patchset did not make it through to LKML, so I'm trying to resend. This set of patches contains cleanups and fixes to the mbcache and ext2/ext3 xattr code, and adds completely reworks Alex Tomas's in-inode attribute patch. I did a fair amount of review and testing on all the patches; Andrew Tridgell did some testing as well. As far as I can tell the patches are ready for direct merging. Alternatively the fixes could be merged while the in-inode attribute support could go into -mm; either way won't make much difference for me. Please comment. In order for the patches to apply, please first revert Alex's in-inode-ea patch. The patch was not ready for merging yet. I could retrofit the rewrite on top of Alex's patch, but this would cause a lot of work, and would benefit the code quality in no way. Alex's patch was merged in this changeset: http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/cset@41db7b23z5xP6bWuxXwEgBu1AxyStQ?nav=index.html|ChangeSet@-4w All the patches contain decsriptions. The bugfix patches in this set are: revert-old-ea-in-inode.diff A reverse diff of Alex's patch. mbcache-cleanup.diff A small mbcache cleanup. mbcache-bug.diff Convert the mbcache to protect cache entries readers/writer style. This fixes an attribute sharing race. xattr-credits.diff Don't use journal_release_buffer in ext3 xattrs; it's unsafe. ext3_xattr_release_block.diff Factor our common xattr code. remove-XATTR_INDEX_MAX.diff Minor cleaup. The patches for in-inode attribute support are: xattr-cleanup.diff Prepare xattr code for in-inode xattrs. fix-get_inode_loc.diff Hide ext3_get_inode_loc in_mem optimization from users; the optimization applies differently with in-inode xattrs. ea-in-inode.diff In-inode attribute support. This is the original patch from Alex heavily cleaned up. Please apply the patches in this order: revert-old-ea-in-inode.diff mbcache-cleanup.diff mbcache-bug.diff xattr-credits.diff ext3_xattr_release_block.diff remove-XATTR_INDEX_MAX.diff xattr-cleanup.diff fix-get_inode_loc.diff ea-in-inode.diff Regards, -- Andreas Gruenbacher SUSE Labs, SUSE LINUX PRODUCTS GMBH - 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/