Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] reiserfs v3 fixes and features | From | Yury Umanets <> | Date | Wed, 07 Apr 2004 16:06:18 +0300 |
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On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 21:03, Chris Mason wrote: > Hello everyone, > > You can download the set of experimental reiserfs v3 patches from: > > ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/mason/patches/reiserfs/2.6.5 > > Since some of these are in -mm and some are not, there are two series > files. series.linus gives you the patches needed for mainline 2.6.5, > and series.mm gives you the patches needed for 2.6.5-mm1 > > Most of these are from Jeff Mahoney and I, they include: > > bug fixes > logging optimizations > data=ordered support > xattrs > acls > quotas > error messages with device names (based on Oleg's 2.4 patch) > block allocator improvements > > Jeff Mahoney's acls and xattrs for reiserfs v3 have been in use in the > suse 2.4 kernels and now 2.6 kernels for a while. I've posted for > review to namesys many times, but Hans refuses to consider or read the > code. I renewed my efforts over the last month to talk with him about > the code, but he has ignored it entirely. > > His past objections seem to be that he doesn't want new features in v3. > The implementation does not change the disk format in any way (xattrs > are stored as regular files in a hidden directory) and is stable. I > believe reiserfs needs these features in order to stay current in the > kernel, so I'm posting for inclusion in -mm. I'm sending Andrew the > following patches from series.mm: > > reiserfs-end-trans-bkl > reiserfs-acl-mknod.diff > reiserfs-xattrs-04 > reiserfs-acl-02 > reiserfs-trusted-02 > reiserfs-selinux-02 > reiserfs-xattr-locking-02 > reiserfs-quota > permission-reiserfs > reiserfs-warning > > (which is everything except the new block allocator code) > > The block allocator improvements is our attempt to reduce > fragmentation. The patch defaults to the regular 2.6.5 block allocator, > but has options documented at the top of the patch that allow grouping > of blocks by packing locality or object id. It also has an option to > inherit lightly used packing localities across multiple subdirs, which > keeps things closer together in the tree if you have a bunch of subdirs > without much in them. > > If anyone is interested in experimenting with the block allocator stuff, > please let me know. > > -chris > Hello Chris,
That would be nice to have also improved locking in this features-improvements-fixes patch set. Ask Oleg, he had intention to work on and probably has something done already.
Thanks.
-- umka
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