[Ocfs2-tools-devel] [PATCH 1/2] merge ocfs2_fs.h from upstream

Joel Becker Joel.Becker at oracle.com
Mon Dec 7 20:12:36 PST 2009


On Sun, Dec 06, 2009 at 10:48:12PM +0800, Coly Li wrote:
> This patch merges upstream fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h header file into include/ocfs2-kernel/ocfs2_fs.h
> The merged header is helpful to support new features like indexed-dir or reflink in user space tools.

	NAK.  We can't have our tools claiming to support features that
they don't.  You can add bits to the tools ocfs2_fs.h as we see them,
sure, but until the tools support something, it cannot be in the SUPP
defines.

Joel

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