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SubjectRe: [PATCH 66/73] ext2: Split ext2_add_entry() from ext2_add_link() [ver #2]
On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 08:30:34PM -0700, Andreas Dilger wrote:
> > I'd suggest folding this in with the following patch (67/73). It's
> > not clear from this patch why renaming ext2_add_link to
> > ext2_add_entry() makes sense and then adding a new ext2_add_link()
> > which calls ext_add_entry(). It doesn't seem to clarify much....
>
> Also, why is this being done in ext2, when it should only be done in ext4?

I believe Val used ext2 as a proof-of-concept, because the codebase
was stable (and Union Mounts has been in the oven a loooong time, so
that was probably a good choice). I agree that if union mounts is
finally going to make it upstream, this would be a good time to
support implemented for ext4, and to get the support into e2fsprogs.

BTW, one thing that I think would be a good thing to do while we're
making this change is to mask off the low 4 bits when looking at the
filetype field so eventually we can use the high 4 bits for some
future extension.

- Ted


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