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SubjectRe: [PATCH 23/28] mbcache: make mbcache more generic
On Thu 15-06-17 11:25:02, Tahsin Erdogan wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 12:41 AM, Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> wrote:
> > Can you explain a bit more what do you mean by "make it more generic" as it
> > seems you just rename a couple of things here...
>
> The change is really just that, having names that are more generic
> which do not limit use cases to block sharing. In a subsequent patch
> in the series ("[PATCH v4 27/28] ext4: xattr inode deduplication"), we
> start using the mbcache code to share xattr inodes. With that patch,
> old mb_cache_entry.e_block field could be holding either a block
> number or an inode number, so I renamed things to make them more
> generic.

OK, then I'd suggest to change title to "mbcache: make mbcache naming more
generic" and explain what you wrote here in the changelog. Thanks!

Honza
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Jan Kara <jack@suse.com>
SUSE Labs, CR

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