Messages in this thread | | | From | Andreas Gruenbacher <> | Subject | Re: Add extended attributes to ext2/3 | Date | Wed, 16 Oct 2002 00:09:38 +0200 |
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On Wednesday 16 October 2002 00:01, Andreas Dilger wrote: > On Oct 15, 2002 23:00 +0200, Andreas Gruenbacher wrote: > > The original ext2_new_inode with no xattr/acl patches calls > > mark_inode_dirty before unlock_super. This call is not removed in 0.8.50 > > or 0.8.51, but a second call is added below ext2_init_acl. Since > > ext2_init_acl takes care of dirtying the inode itself this second call is > > no longer needed (I hope!) > > Just as an FYI - marking ext3 inodes dirty is an expensive operation, > and should be done only once if at all possible (not sure if the same > code applies to ext3 as you are discussing ext2, but I thought I should > mention it).
Then I should really think out something to improve that. Thanks.
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