Re: Current >32bit ext3 patches against 2.6.17-rc4

On Mon, 2006-05-22 at 14:04 -0600, Andreas Dilger wrote:

> > #sector_t type format string for all arch
> > sector_fmt.patch
> 
> This one should also be sent upstream to see if we can get it accepted
> before we depend on it in our patches.
> 
Only patch ext3_fsblk_sector_t.patch relies on this patch, just FYI, and
that's the place we use the SECTOR_FMT so far. 

> > #ext3 in-kernel fs/group blocks cleanup and fix for 32bit ext3
> > ext3_blk_type_define.patch
> > ext3_new_block_type_prepare.patch
> > ext3_group_block_t.patch
> > ext3_convert_int_blk_to_fsblk_t.patch
> > ext3_blks_fixes_from_comments-1-4.patch
> > ext3_convert_ul_to_fsblk_t.patch
> > ext3_fsblk_RHS_assignment_convert.patch
> 
> > #support >32 bit fs block type in kernel (convert ext3_fsblk_t to sector_t)
> > ext3_fsblk_sector_t.patch
> 
> I suspect we should put this patch after the next three in the series,
> since we can't really use such a large filesystem until we get the 48-bit
> support and large JBD patch as well.
> 

I would prefer to put this ahead of on-disk >32 bit changes, so we could
catch up any warnings when we change on-disk block to
sector_t/ext3_fsblk_t.

The next one ext3_get_group_offset should stays together with this patch
as it's a optimization of this patch.

> > ext3_get_group_offset.patch
> 
> > #48 bit on-disk i_file_acl to support xttar for 48 bit ext3
> > ext3_48bit_i_file_acl.patch
> > #64bit JBD core
> > 64bit_jbd_core.patch
> 

The missing parts to complete this series are:1) forward port Alex's
extents patch on top of this series, 2) the JBM kernel fs block changes,
as well as 3) the updated 64bit metadata changes.

Thanks,
Mingming



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