From: Ted Ts'o Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/13] ext4: add a function which extends a group without checking parameters Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 13:07:44 -0400 Message-ID: <20110821170744.GA19498@thunk.org> References: <1313033308-882-1-git-send-email-xiaoqiangnk@gmail.com> <1313033308-882-2-git-send-email-xiaoqiangnk@gmail.com> <4B3266BE-B083-41DE-BD85-BA1497D9EF51@dilger.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Andreas Dilger , linux-ext4 List To: Yongqiang Yang Return-path: Received: from li9-11.members.linode.com ([67.18.176.11]:33202 "EHLO test.thunk.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751968Ab1HURHx (ORCPT ); Sun, 21 Aug 2011 13:07:53 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 02:27:41PM +0800, Yongqiang Yang wrote: > YES! This needs some feedbacks, I thought the old resize interface > will be removed after the new resize interface goes into upstream. So > I did not touch > old interface. If we will remain the old interface, I can make some > patches which let old resize use common code instead. Yes, the backwards compatibility requirements for the kernel means that we have to keep the old ioctl's working for at least 2-3 years... - Ted