On Wed, 2 Apr 2014 13:47:07 -0400 Theodore Ts'o <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 02, 2014 at 07:29:50PM +0200, Fabian Frederick wrote: > > + set_mask_bits(&inode->i_flags, S_IMMUTABLE | S_APPEND | S_NOATIME | > > + S_DIRSYNC | S_SYNC, new_fl); > > Warning --- per discussion with Linus over the weekend, he decided he > really didn't like the set_mask_bits() interface, because it was too > prone to abuse. Unfortuantely, Linus had already included an earlier > version of my patch that used set_mask_bits() in 3.14 without letting > me know. This is what I have in my ext4 tree for the merge window, > which is undergoing final testing at the moment. This will cause a > patch conflict, and it's likely (given Linus's dislike of the > set_mask_bits interface) that set_mask_bits() will end up getting > removed from the tree, if not when he fixes up the merge conflict, but > subsequent to -rc1. > > - Ted > > Thanks a lot Ted, I'll wait your inode patch to got mainline before updating this one. Of course I don't wanna step on your toes if you prefer releasing patches for all FS :) Fabian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Jfs-discussion mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jfs-discussion
