On Oct 15, 2002 23:00 +0200, Andreas Gruenbacher wrote:
> The original ext2_new_inode with no xattr/acl patches calls mark_inode_dirty
> before unlock_super. This call is not removed in 0.8.50 or 0.8.51, but a
> second call is added below ext2_init_acl. Since ext2_init_acl takes care of
> dirtying the inode itself this second call is no longer needed (I hope!)
Just as an FYI - marking ext3 inodes dirty is an expensive operation,
and should be done only once if at all possible (not sure if the same
code applies to ext3 as you are discussing ext2, but I thought I should
mention it).
Cheers, Andreas
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