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Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 3/6] SLIM main patch
From: Dave Hansen <haveblue@us.ibm.com>
To: Kylene Jo Hall <kjhall@us.ibm.com>
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On Fri, 2006-07-14 at 12:25 -0700, Kylene Jo Hall wrote:
> > inode_supports_xaddr()?  Seems like something that should check a
> > superblock flag or something.
> 
> I don't know of any such flags.

There probably aren't any.  The superblock may not even be the right
place for it.  It just seems a bit silly to say that the only files in
the system that don't support xaddrs are device files and /proc.  What
about all of the other filesystems?  Have you tested things like
ISO9660, VFAT, sysfs?

-- Dave