Re: [PATCH 4/9] Btrfs: use bitfield instead of integer data type for the some variants in btrfs_root

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On Sat, 22 Feb 2014 01:23:37 +0100, David Sterba wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 06:08:54PM +0800, Miao Xie wrote:
>> @@ -1352,13 +1347,15 @@ static struct btrfs_root *alloc_log_tree(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
>>  	root->root_key.objectid = BTRFS_TREE_LOG_OBJECTID;
>>  	root->root_key.type = BTRFS_ROOT_ITEM_KEY;
>>  	root->root_key.offset = BTRFS_TREE_LOG_OBJECTID;
>> +
>>  	/*
>> +	 * DON'T set REF_COWS for log trees
>> +	 *
>>  	 * log trees do not get reference counted because they go away
>>  	 * before a real commit is actually done.  They do store pointers
>>  	 * to file data extents, and those reference counts still get
>>  	 * updated (along with back refs to the log tree).
>>  	 */
>> -	root->ref_cows = 0;
> 
> This looks like a bugfix hidden in a cleanup patch. If it is standalone
> and not related to changes in this patchset, it makes sense to send it
> separately (and possibly CC stable).

It is a cleanup because we have set it to 0 before.

I add this comment just to remind the other developer that don't set this flag.
(The old one is not so striking, I think.)

Thanks
Miao
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