From: =?utf-8?B?SsO2cm4=?= Engel Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] fallocate system call Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:43:28 +0200 Message-ID: <20070427144327.GC22949@lazybastard.org> References: <20070329115126.GB7374@amitarora.in.ibm.com> <20070329101010.7a2b8783.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20070330071417.GI355@devserv.devel.redhat.com> <20070417125514.GA7574@amitarora.in.ibm.com> <20070418130600.GW5967@schatzie.adilger.int> <20070420135146.GA21352@amitarora.in.ibm.com> <20070420145918.GY355@devserv.devel.redhat.com> <20070424121632.GA10136@amitarora.in.ibm.com> <20070426175056.GA25321@amitarora.in.ibm.com> <20070427121003.GA7808@osiris.boeblingen.de.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: "Amit K. Arora" , torvalds@osdl.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, xfs@oss.sgi.com, suparna@in.ibm.com, cmm@us.ibm.com To: Heiko Carstens Return-path: Received: from lazybastard.de ([212.112.238.170]:32769 "EHLO longford.lazybastard.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755889AbXD0Ork (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:47:40 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070427121003.GA7808@osiris.boeblingen.de.ibm.com> Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ext4.vger.kernel.org On Fri, 27 April 2007 14:10:03 +0200, Heiko Carstens wrote: >=20 > After long discussions where at least two possible implementations > were suggested that would work on _all_ architectures you chose one > which doesn't and causes extra effort. I believe the long discussion also showed that every possible implementation has drawbacks. To me this one appeared to be the best o= f many bad choices. Is this implementation worse than we thought? J=C3=B6rn --=20 The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. -- Allan K. Chalmers