From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 9 Aug 2001 17:00:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 9 Aug 2001 17:00:34 -0400 Received: from h24-64-71-161.cg.shawcable.net ([24.64.71.161]:43513 "EHLO webber.adilger.int") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 9 Aug 2001 17:00:22 -0400 From: Andreas Dilger Message-Id: <200108092058.f79KwIKn024532@webber.adilger.int> Subject: Re: [PATCH] LVM snapshot support for reiserfs and others In-Reply-To: <440850000.997389251@tiny> "from Chris Mason at Aug 9, 2001 04:34:11 pm" To: Chris Mason Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 14:58:18 -0600 (MDT) CC: Andreas Dilger , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@transmeta.com, viro@math.psu.edu, lvm-devel@sistina.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL87 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Chris, you write: > Andreas Dilger wrote: > > On an "add this patch to the kernel, please" note, support for the > > write_super_lockfs() VFS method is already in ext3, so it is a good > > thing, with the above caveats. > > Ok, recoding with these suggestions. I'll need an ext3 tester, please > drop me a line if you are willing ;-) Consider it tested. I already have my code changed like I suggested, but never heard back the last time I mentioned it. In the end I don't think the changes can have a behaviour impact other than a small CPU savings, and a few lines of comments removed. Cheers, Andreas -- Andreas Dilger \ "If a man ate a pound of pasta and a pound of antipasto, \ would they cancel out, leaving him still hungry?" http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/ -- Dogbert