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

[Jaegeuk Kim]

On 06/08, Chao Yu wrote:
> 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?

Hmm, or need to add it in getflags?

> 
> Thanks,
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> > 
> > > 
> > > Thanks,