From: Joel Becker Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:53:36 -0800 Subject: [Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH 0/11] Dedicated metadata read functions In-Reply-To: <1226616561-29942-1-git-send-email-joel.becker@oracle.com> References: <1226616561-29942-1-git-send-email-joel.becker@oracle.com> Message-ID: <20081113225336.GC15572@mail.oracle.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: ocfs2-devel@oss.oracle.com On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 02:49:10PM -0800, Joel Becker wrote: > The following patch series builds on top of the read_block cleanups to > provide dedicated functions to read the various types of ocfs2 metadata. > Rather than calling ocfs2_read_block[s]() directly, functions wanting an > inode now call ocfs2_read_inode_block(). The same is true for extent > blocks, group descriptors, and dirblocks. I will get to xattr blocks > later. Ack - xattr blocks are in this series now too. See: > ocfs2: Wrap xattr block reads in a dedicated function Joel -- Life's Little Instruction Book #198 "Feed a stranger's expired parking meter." Joel Becker Principal Software Developer Oracle E-mail: joel.becker at oracle.com Phone: (650) 506-8127