From: Christoph Hellwig Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] vfs: vfs-level fiemap interface Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:47:54 -0400 Message-ID: <20080915144754.GA16491@infradead.org> References: <1221331767-16870-1-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> <20080914134711.GA21746@infradead.org> <20080914180132.GC13074@mit.edu> <20080914180843.GA31649@infradead.org> <20080914195811.GE13074@mit.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Christoph Hellwig , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linuxfoundation.org, Mark Fasheh , mtk.manpages@gmail.com To: Theodore Tso Return-path: Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([18.85.46.34]:54072 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751580AbYIOOr4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:47:56 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080914195811.GE13074@mit.edu> Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 03:58:11PM -0400, Theodore Tso wrote: > On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 02:08:44PM -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > Sometimes I really wish people would read email before replying to them. > > I did not say anywhere that this flag (at least for the use case I think > > it is which no one even bothered to document) is good, but the name > > and description are utterly wrong, and misleading. > > Want to pick a name, then? Again, I'd love it when people would read my mails :( Can we please first agree on what the flag is actually supposed to mean? I made one guess in this mail, but I'm not sure if that's even what Andreas intended. And of course the description for it is even more important than the name.