From: Theodore Tso Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add extent conversion support to chattr Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 12:54:05 -0400 Message-ID: <20080909165405.GQ21071@mit.edu> References: <1220951542-1451-1-git-send-email-aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20080909114647.GA14052@infradead.org> <20080909134347.GB21071@mit.edu> <20080909165005.GA24816@infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" , adilger@sun.com, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org To: Christoph Hellwig Return-path: Received: from BISCAYNE-ONE-STATION.MIT.EDU ([18.7.7.80]:59139 "EHLO biscayne-one-station.mit.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751792AbYIIQyP (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Sep 2008 12:54:15 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080909165005.GA24816@infradead.org> Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Sep 09, 2008 at 12:50:05PM -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > Well, if you think setting a flag is a good interface to convert to > extents, then do it all the way and allow setting the extent > flag in the kernel through FS_IOC_SETFLAGS instead of having an > interface schism. Thanks, that's a good idea. It won't help people on older kernels, but it probably is the right answer. Regards, - Ted