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Re: [PATCH 0/6] Extended file stat system call
- From: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields at fieldses dot org>
- To: Dave Chinner <david at fromorbit dot com>
- Cc: David Howells <dhowells at redhat dot com>, linux-fsdevel at vger dot kernel dot org,linux-nfs at vger dot kernel dot org, linux-cifs at vger dot kernel dot org,samba-technical at lists dot samba dot org, linux-ext4 at vger dot kernel dot org,wine-devel at winehq dot org, kfm-devel at kde dot org, nautilus-list at gnome dot org,linux-api at vger dot kernel dot org, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:10:57 -0400
- Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] Extended file stat system call
- References: <20120427010610.GE9541@dastard><20120419140558.17272.74360.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk><4111.1335519545@redhat.com><20120427131306.GG9541@dastard>
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 11:13:06PM +1000, Dave Chinner wrote:
> Right now it is, but there's ben patches in the past to introduce
> project quotas to ext4. That didn't go far because it was done in a
> way that was semantically different to XFS (for no reason that I
> could understand) and nobody wanted two different sets of semantics
> for the "same" feature. The most common use of project quotas is to
> implement sub-tree quotas,
(Though it's also useful as a way to do safe subtree NFS exports).
--b.
> which is probably of more interest to
> btrfs folks as it is an exact match for per-subvolume quotas.
>
> So, yes, I do see it as something generically useful - it's a
> feature that a lot of people use XFS specifically for....
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dave.
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> Dave Chinner
> david@fromorbit.com
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