ext4 inline data (Re: grub-2.02~beta1 happened)

[Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko]

On 19.12.2013 07:38, Andrey Borzenkov wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 5:51 AM, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
> <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Hello, all. I've just uploaded 2.02~beta1. This also means that we're
>> now in freeze. I'm willing to consider exceptions on case-by-case basis
>> but it would be exceptions.
> 
> You did not answer my question whether I should commit ext4 inline
> data support. Do I understand it correctly you do not plan to include
> it in release?
> 
There were several problems with it:
- Apparently the format isn't completely stable. A discussion dated of
December 2013 proposes to change format in order to squeeze in a little
bit more data.
- Patch would crash on ARM due to misaligned access
- There are memory leaks.
For 2nd and 3rd I've uploaded fixes to andrey/ext4_inline_data but then
because lack of support in version packaged by Debian sid I couldn't
test it.
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