From: Zach Brown Subject: Re: [EXT4 set 5][PATCH 1/1] expand inode i_extra_isize to support features in larger inode Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:47:46 -0700 Message-ID: <20070713214746.GH23255@mami.zabbo.net> References: <1183275482.4010.133.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20070710163247.5c8bfa3f.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20070713020529.1486491f.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <1184333621.20032.85.camel@twins> <20070713121259.20066d5b.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Peter Zijlstra , cmm@us.ibm.com, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, Andy Whitcroft To: Andrew Morton Return-path: Received: from rgminet01.oracle.com ([148.87.113.118]:49033 "EHLO rgminet01.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756292AbXGMVtF (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jul 2007 17:49:05 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070713121259.20066d5b.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ext4.vger.kernel.org > I fear the consequences of this change :( I love it. In the past I've lost time by working with patches which didn't quite realize that ext3 holds a transaction open during ->direct_IO. > Oh well, please keep it alive, maybe beat on it a bit, resend it > later on? I can test the patch to make sure that it catches mistakes I've made in the past. Peter, do you have any interest in seeing how far we can get at tracking lock_page()? I'm not holding my breath, but any little bit would probably help. - z