From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Cc: akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 7/8] inode-diet: Use a union for i_blocks and i_size, i_rdev and i_devices
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 10:06:42 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060703090642.GB8242@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060703010023.720991000@candygram.thunk.org>
On Sun, Jul 02, 2006 at 08:53:40PM -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> The i_blocks and i_size fields are only used for regular files. So we
> move them into the union, along with i_rdev and i_devices, which are
> only used by block or character devices.
Can we please make this a named instead of unnamed union so everyone still
using the fields will trip up? To reduce the impact a few more imajor/iminor
conversions might be needed were direct references to i_rdev crept back in.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-07-03 9:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-07-03 0:53 [patch 0/8] Inode slimming patches, part 1 Theodore Ts'o
2006-07-03 0:53 ` [patch 1/8] inode_diet: Replace inode.u.generic_ip with inode.i_private Theodore Ts'o
2006-07-03 0:53 ` [patch 2/8] inode-diet: Move i_pipe into a union Theodore Ts'o
2006-07-03 0:53 ` [patch 3/8] inode-diet: Move i_bdev " Theodore Ts'o
2006-07-03 0:53 ` [patch 4/8] inode-diet: Move i_cdev " Theodore Ts'o
2006-07-03 0:53 ` [patch 5/8] inode-diet: Eliminate i_blksize and use a per-superblock default Theodore Ts'o
2006-07-03 0:53 ` [patch 6/8] inode-diet: Move i_cindex from struct inode to struct file Theodore Ts'o
2006-07-03 9:05 ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-07-03 14:05 ` Theodore Tso
2006-07-03 0:53 ` [patch 7/8] inode-diet: Use a union for i_blocks and i_size, i_rdev and i_devices Theodore Ts'o
2006-07-03 8:27 ` Andrew Morton
2006-07-03 14:35 ` Hugh Dickins
2006-07-03 9:06 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2006-07-03 14:02 ` Theodore Tso
2006-07-03 14:42 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-07-03 15:18 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-07-03 0:53 ` [patch 8/8] inode-diet: Fix size of i_blkbits, i_version, and i_dnotify_mask Theodore Ts'o
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