Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH 2/2] f2fs: introduce FI_COMPRESS_RELEASED instead of using IMMUTABLE bit

[Chao Yu]

On 2021/6/8 0:56, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> On 06/06, Chao Yu wrote:
> > On 2021/5/26 4:49, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> > > Once we release compressed blocks, we used to set IMMUTABLE bit. But it turned
> > > out it disallows every fs operations which we don't need for compression.
> > >
> > > Let's just prevent writing data only.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <yuchao0@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > BTW, we need to expose .i_inline field to userspace since there is no
> > way to check status of inode whether it has released blocks?
>
> Need to add some in F2FS_IOC_GET_COMPRESS_OPTION?

We should not change this interface, in order to keep its compatibility for
userspace usage. How about adding it in F2FS_IOC_GET_COMPRESS_OPTION_EX?

Thanks,

> > Thanks,