From: Josef Sipek Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] Secure Deletion and Trash-Bin Support for Ext4 Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 21:35:30 -0500 Message-ID: <20061207023530.GA17244@filer.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu> References: <20061204235042.GS33919298@melbourne.sgi.com> <20061206091100.GA33919298@melbourne.sgi.com> <20061207005619.GA12320@filer.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu> <20061207014426.GL44411608@melbourne.sgi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Nikolai Joukov , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org Return-path: To: David Chinner Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061207014426.GL44411608@melbourne.sgi.com> Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ext4.vger.kernel.org On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 12:44:27PM +1100, David Chinner wrote: > Maybe we should be using EAs for this sort of thing instead of flags > on the inode? If we keep adding inode flags for generic features > then we are going to force more than just XFS into inode format > changes eventually.... Aren't EAs slow? Maybe not on XFS but on other filesystems... Josef "Jeff" Sipek. -- Linux, n.: Generous programmers from around the world all join forces to help you shoot yourself in the foot for free.