On Oct 18, 2006  02:25 -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> On-disk format for controlling the inode size
> 
> - EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_EXTRA_ISIZE (0x0040?) - add s_min_extra_isize and
>   s_want_extra_isize fields to superblock, which allow specifying
>   the minimum and desired i_extra_isize fields in large inodes
>   (for nsec+epoch timestamps, potential other uses).  Needs RO_COMPAT
>   flag handling, needs e2fsck support, patch complete, little testing.
> 
> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> @@ -405,6 +405,11 @@
>       } osd2;                         /* OS dependent 2 */
>       __u16   i_extra_isize;
>       __u16   i_pad1;
> +     __u32   i_ctime_extra;  /* extra Change time (nsec << 2 | epoch) */

There was some discussion about moving the i_ctime_extra field into the
small inode, for use as a version field by NFSV4.  The proposed field was
l_i_reserved2 in the original Bull patch.

> +     __u32   i_mtime_extra;  /* extra Mod. time (nsec << 2 | epoch) */
                                         ^^^ Modify

Looks good otherwise.

Cheers, Andreas
--
Andreas Dilger
Principal Software Engineer
Cluster File Systems, Inc.

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