From: Eric Sandeen Subject: Re: [Gluster-devel] regressions due to 64-bit ext4 directory cookies Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:26:26 -0500 Message-ID: <51546F32.7000609@redhat.com> References: <20130213222052.GD5938@thunk.org> <20130213224141.GU14195@fieldses.org> <20130213224720.GE5938@thunk.org> <20130213230511.GW14195@fieldses.org> <20130213234430.GF5938@thunk.org> <5151BD5F.30607@itwm.fraunhofer.de> <5151C33E.2070008@redhat.com> <20130328140744.GA4989@thunk.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Bernd Schubert , Anand Avati , "J. Bruce Fields" , linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, gluster-devel@nongnu.org To: "Theodore Ts'o" Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:28314 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753268Ab3C1Q0k (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Mar 2013 12:26:40 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20130328140744.GA4989@thunk.org> Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 3/28/13 9:07 AM, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 10:48:14AM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote: >>> We don't have reached a conclusion so far, do we? What about the >>> ioctl approach, but a bit differently? Would it work to specify the >>> allowed upper bits for ext4 (for example 16 additional bit) and the >>> remaining part for gluster? One of the mails had the calculation >>> formula: >> >> I did throw together an ioctl patch last week, but I think Anand has a new >> approach he's trying out which won't require ext4 code changes. I'll let >> him reply when he has a moment. :) > > Any update about whether Gluster can address this without needing the > ioctl patch? Or should we push the ioctl patch into ext4 for the next > merge window? I went ahead & sent the ioctl patches to the ext4 list; they are lightly tested, and not tested at all w/ gluster AFAIK. Wanted to get them out just in case we decide we want them. Thanks, -Eric > Thanks, > > - Ted > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >