From: Theodore Tso Subject: Re: [PATCH -V2] vfs: Enable FS_IOC_FIEMAP and FIGETBSZ for all filetypes Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 18:42:39 -0400 Message-ID: <20090513224239.GB10003@mit.edu> References: <20090503203037.GA17044@mit.edu> <1241427742-13049-1-git-send-email-aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: cmm@us.ibm.com, sandeen@redhat.com, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org To: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" Return-path: Received: from THUNK.ORG ([69.25.196.29]:45464 "EHLO thunker.thunk.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752232AbZEMWmn (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 May 2009 18:42:43 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1241427742-13049-1-git-send-email-aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, May 04, 2009 at 02:32:22PM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote: > fiemap and get_blk_size ioctl should be enabled even for directories. > So move it outisde file_ioctl. Enabling file_ioctl for both > directories and files cause udev to hang when using FIONREAD. I guess > some of the user space may depend on these ioctls cmd failing on > directories. I've added this patch to the ext4 patch queue. - Ted