Messages in this thread | | | From | David Howells <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Rearrange i_flags to be consistent with FS_IOC_GETFLAGS | Date | Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:40:23 +0100 |
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Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> wrote:
> Further, it opens up the possibility that further down the track > someone modifies S_* flag values (say when adding some XFS > functionality) and corrupts extN filesystems all over the place. > There isn't even compiler guards to catch someone modifying the S_* > flags in a way that makes it incompatible with the extN on-disk > definitions.
That occurred to me after I sent the patch. I can add some preprocessor guards for this.
David
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