Re: [PATCH 13/32] ext4: ext4_xattr_value_same() should return false for external data

From	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH 13/32] ext4: ext4_xattr_value_same() should return false for external data
Date	2017-06-22 04:10 +0200
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On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 02:21:23PM -0700, Tahsin Erdogan wrote:
> ext4_xattr_value_same() is used as a quick optimization in case the new
> xattr value is identical to the previous value. When xattr value is
> stored in a xattr inode the check becomes expensive so it is better to
> just assume that they are not equal.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@google.com>

Thanks, added to the ext4 patch queue.

					- Ted

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[PATCH 13/32] ext4: ext4_xattr_value_same() should return false for external data Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@google.com> - 2017-06-21 23:30 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 13/32] ext4: ext4_xattr_value_same() should return false  for external data Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> - 2017-06-22 04:10 +0200

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