Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 20 Sep 2001 22:26:43 +0200 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: XFS to main kernel source |
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On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 03:16:52PM -0500, Steve Lord wrote: > > > Won't there be a lot of changes which need to be made for it to go into 2.5 > > > anyway though beyond just current development? Isn't 2.5 supposed to be > > > "radically" different? > > > > Not really. 2.5 will change over time for certain but if anything the 2.5 > > changes will make it easier. One problem area with XFS is that it duplicates > > chunks of what should be generic functionality - and 2.5 needs to provide > > the generic paths it wants > > Since we have your attention - which chunks? One of the frustrations we have > had is the lack of feedback from anyone who has looked at XFS.
o The whole vnode layer o checks already peformed by the VFS all over the place (just take a look at xfs_rename.c!) o the own quoata code o the hooks for a propritary clusterfs..
My 2 (euro-)cents,
Christoph
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