Re: [PATCH] fs: ufs: Remove switch statement from ufs_set_de_type function

[Phillip Potter]

On Sun, Oct 21, 2018 at 02:02:57PM +0300, Amir Goldstein wrote:
> Yes. If you are looking for a cleanup task, you can
> apply relevant patches from my series, starting with:
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9481237/
> (Leave the xfs patch [11/11] out)
> 
> But besides verifying that patches still apply and build,
> you will need to address the concerns of fs maintainers.
> Take for example the btrfs patch:
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9480725/
> 
> It says:
> + *
> + * Values 0..7 should match common file type values in file_type.h.
>   */
>  #define BTRFS_FT_UNKNOWN 0
>  #define BTRFS_FT_REG_FILE 1
> 
> But that is not enough.
> When converting code to use the generic defines FT_*, instead of
> filesystem defined we need to leave in the code build time assertions
> that will catch an attempt to change fs contancts in the future, e.g.:
> 
> static inline u8 btrfs_inode_type(struct inode *inode)
>  {
> - return btrfs_type_by_mode[(inode->i_mode & S_IFMT) >> S_SHIFT];
> + BUILD_BUG_ON(BTRFS_FT_UNKNOWN != FT_UNKNOWN);
> + BUILD_BUG_ON(BTRFS_FT_REG_FILE != FT_REG_FILE);
> ...
> + return fs_umode_to_ftype(inode->i_mode);
>  }
> 
> Same should be done for all relevant filesystems.
> Then you need to hope that fs maintainers will like this cleanup and
> want to take the patches ;-)
> 
> Cheers,
> Amir.

Dear Amir,

I will give it a go and see how far I get :-)

Regards,
Phil