Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751086AbWC3Ikx (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Mar 2006 03:40:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751092AbWC3Ikx (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Mar 2006 03:40:53 -0500 Received: from ns1.siteground.net ([207.218.208.2]:63967 "EHLO serv01.siteground.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751086AbWC3Ikx (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Mar 2006 03:40:53 -0500 Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 00:41:42 -0800 From: Ravikiran G Thirumalai To: Mingming Cao Cc: Laurent Vivier , Andrew Morton , Takashi Sato , Badari Pulavarty , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [Ext2-devel] [PATCH 2/2] ext2/3: Support2^32-1blocks(e2fsprogs) Message-ID: <20060330084142.GB3754@localhost.localdomain> References: <20060325223358sho@rifu.tnes.nec.co.jp> <1143485147.3970.23.camel@dyn9047017067.beaverton.ibm.com> <20060327131049.2c6a5413.akpm@osdl.org> <20060327225847.GC3756@localhost.localdomain> <1143530126.11560.6.camel@openx2.frec.bull.fr> <1143568905.3935.13.camel@dyn9047017067.beaverton.ibm.com> <1143623605.5046.11.camel@openx2.frec.bull.fr> <1143657317.4045.12.camel@dyn9047017067.beaverton.ibm.com> <20060329200020.GA3729@localhost.localdomain> <1143664718.4045.76.camel@dyn9047017067.beaverton.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1143664718.4045.76.camel@dyn9047017067.beaverton.ibm.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - serv01.siteground.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - scalex86.org X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 723 Lines: 18 On Wed, Mar 29, 2006 at 12:38:37PM -0800, Mingming Cao wrote: > On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 12:00 -0800, Ravikiran G Thirumalai wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 29, 2006 at 10:35:10AM -0800, Mingming Cao wrote: > > > Wild suggestion, how about we don't update the global counter is the > result is negative? You mean just keep the local version even below -FBC_BATCH and only empty it to the global unsigned counter if the result is going to be +ve? That would work I think. Thanks, Kiran - 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/