Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932242Ab0HJPQg (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:16:36 -0400 Received: from rcsinet10.oracle.com ([148.87.113.121]:41565 "EHLO rcsinet10.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932129Ab0HJPQa (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:16:30 -0400 Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 08:15:19 -0700 From: Joel Becker To: "Patrick J. LoPresti" Cc: ocfs2-devel@oss.oracle.com, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH 1/3] ext3/ext4: Factor out disk addressability check Message-ID: <20100810151518.GC3025@mail.oracle.com> Mail-Followup-To: "Patrick J. LoPresti" , ocfs2-devel@oss.oracle.com, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <874ofr2myq.fsf@patl.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <874ofr2myq.fsf@patl.com> X-Burt-Line: Trees are cool. X-Red-Smith: Ninety feet between bases is perhaps as close as man has ever come to perfection. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1212 Lines: 34 On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 03:03:41PM -0700, Patrick J. LoPresti wrote: > As part of adding support for OCFS2 to mount huge volumes, we need to > check that the sector_t and page cache of the system are capable of > addressing the entire volume. > > An identical check already appears in ext3 and ext4. This patch moves > the addressability check into its own function in fs/libfs.c and > modifies ext3 and ext4 to invoke it. > > Signed-off-by: Patrick LoPresti ext4/jbd2 folks, I would like to push these upstream. Should they go through ocfs2.git or would you rather take them via your trees? Joel -- "In the arms of the angel, fly away from here, From this dark, cold hotel room and the endlessness that you fear. You are pulled from the wreckage of your silent reverie. In the arms of the angel, may you find some comfort here." Joel Becker Consulting Software Developer Oracle E-mail: joel.becker@oracle.com Phone: (650) 506-8127 -- 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/