Re: Should block-number-in-file vars be using blkcnt_t?

Andreas Dilger wrote:

> I have "[UPDATE][PATCH]add ext3_fileblk_t for file relative offset" on 06/29
> in my mail folder.  It was sent to ext2-devel and lkml.

Thanks, I'll search on that.  Sorry, I came late to this :)

>> I'd like to see the patches split out large filesystems from large files 
>> to a greater degree, just to keep things saner IMHO... but if they're on 
>> the verge of going in then no point to that I suppose.
> 
> As yet I don't think much work has gone into the large file support.
> I think the consensus was that 8TB fixes are bugfixes and do not deserve a
> feature flag.

Ok, I wondered about that too - because mounting > 8T an older kernel will 
surely cause problems.  But maybe it's just buyer beware in this case (and older 
kernels actually fail to even mount, so it's probably fairly safe).

Thanks,

-Eric

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