Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] ocfs2: replace ocfs2-specific inode flags with generic ones
From: Joseph Qi
Date: Sat Oct 24 2026 - 12:26:23 EST
On 10/22/26 9:04 PM, Anthony Iliopoulos wrote:
> The ocfs2 inode flag macros are alias definitions for the generic fs
> flags. Remove these redundant macros, most of which are anyway unused,
> and use the generic flags directly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Anthony Iliopoulos <ailiop@xxxxxxxx>
Looks fine.
Reviewed-by: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/ocfs2/inode.c | 24 ++++++++++++------------
> fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c | 8 ++++----
> fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h | 27 ---------------------------
> 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
> index 180107a11046..64d92d30aa31 100644
> --- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
> @@ -107,16 +107,16 @@ void ocfs2_set_inode_flags(struct inode *inode)
> inode->i_flags &= ~(S_IMMUTABLE |
> S_SYNC | S_APPEND | S_NOATIME | S_DIRSYNC);
>
> - if (flags & OCFS2_IMMUTABLE_FL)
> + if (flags & FS_IMMUTABLE_FL)
> inode->i_flags |= S_IMMUTABLE;
>
> - if (flags & OCFS2_SYNC_FL)
> + if (flags & FS_SYNC_FL)
> inode->i_flags |= S_SYNC;
> - if (flags & OCFS2_APPEND_FL)
> + if (flags & FS_APPEND_FL)
> inode->i_flags |= S_APPEND;
> - if (flags & OCFS2_NOATIME_FL)
> + if (flags & FS_NOATIME_FL)
> inode->i_flags |= S_NOATIME;
> - if (flags & OCFS2_DIRSYNC_FL)
> + if (flags & FS_DIRSYNC_FL)
> inode->i_flags |= S_DIRSYNC;
> }
>
> @@ -125,18 +125,18 @@ void ocfs2_get_inode_flags(struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi)
> {
> unsigned int flags = oi->vfs_inode.i_flags;
>
> - oi->ip_attr &= ~(OCFS2_SYNC_FL|OCFS2_APPEND_FL|
> - OCFS2_IMMUTABLE_FL|OCFS2_NOATIME_FL|OCFS2_DIRSYNC_FL);
> + oi->ip_attr &= ~(FS_SYNC_FL | FS_APPEND_FL | FS_IMMUTABLE_FL |
> + FS_NOATIME_FL | FS_DIRSYNC_FL);
> if (flags & S_SYNC)
> - oi->ip_attr |= OCFS2_SYNC_FL;
> + oi->ip_attr |= FS_SYNC_FL;
> if (flags & S_APPEND)
> - oi->ip_attr |= OCFS2_APPEND_FL;
> + oi->ip_attr |= FS_APPEND_FL;
> if (flags & S_IMMUTABLE)
> - oi->ip_attr |= OCFS2_IMMUTABLE_FL;
> + oi->ip_attr |= FS_IMMUTABLE_FL;
> if (flags & S_NOATIME)
> - oi->ip_attr |= OCFS2_NOATIME_FL;
> + oi->ip_attr |= FS_NOATIME_FL;
> if (flags & S_DIRSYNC)
> - oi->ip_attr |= OCFS2_DIRSYNC_FL;
> + oi->ip_attr |= FS_DIRSYNC_FL;
> }
>
> struct inode *ocfs2_ilookup(struct super_block *sb, u64 blkno)
> diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c b/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c
> index 2d95c1e5ad8b..2d962da9ba5c 100644
> --- a/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c
> +++ b/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c
> @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ int ocfs2_fileattr_get(struct dentry *dentry, struct file_kattr *fa)
> flags = OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_attr;
> ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, 0);
>
> - fileattr_fill_flags(fa, flags & OCFS2_FL_VISIBLE);
> + fileattr_fill_flags(fa, flags & FS_FL_USER_VISIBLE);
>
> return status;
> }
> @@ -105,11 +105,11 @@ int ocfs2_fileattr_set(const struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
> }
>
> if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
> - flags &= ~OCFS2_DIRSYNC_FL;
> + flags &= ~FS_DIRSYNC_FL;
>
> oldflags = ocfs2_inode->ip_attr;
> - flags = flags & OCFS2_FL_MODIFIABLE;
> - flags |= oldflags & ~OCFS2_FL_MODIFIABLE;
> + flags = flags & FS_FL_USER_MODIFIABLE;
> + flags |= oldflags & ~FS_FL_USER_MODIFIABLE;
>
> /* Check already done by VFS, but repeat with ocfs lock */
> status = -EPERM;
> diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h
> index c501eb3cdcda..53ddeb5e762f 100644
> --- a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h
> +++ b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h
> @@ -235,33 +235,6 @@
> #define OCFS2_INDEXED_DIR_FL (0x0008)
> #define OCFS2_HAS_REFCOUNT_FL (0x0010)
>
> -/* Inode attributes, keep in sync with EXT2 */
> -#define OCFS2_SECRM_FL FS_SECRM_FL /* Secure deletion */
> -#define OCFS2_UNRM_FL FS_UNRM_FL /* Undelete */
> -#define OCFS2_COMPR_FL FS_COMPR_FL /* Compress file */
> -#define OCFS2_SYNC_FL FS_SYNC_FL /* Synchronous updates */
> -#define OCFS2_IMMUTABLE_FL FS_IMMUTABLE_FL /* Immutable file */
> -#define OCFS2_APPEND_FL FS_APPEND_FL /* writes to file may only append */
> -#define OCFS2_NODUMP_FL FS_NODUMP_FL /* do not dump file */
> -#define OCFS2_NOATIME_FL FS_NOATIME_FL /* do not update atime */
> -/* Reserved for compression usage... */
> -#define OCFS2_DIRTY_FL FS_DIRTY_FL
> -#define OCFS2_COMPRBLK_FL FS_COMPRBLK_FL /* One or more compressed clusters */
> -#define OCFS2_NOCOMP_FL FS_NOCOMP_FL /* Don't compress */
> -#define OCFS2_ECOMPR_FL FS_ECOMPR_FL /* Compression error */
> -/* End compression flags --- maybe not all used */
> -#define OCFS2_BTREE_FL FS_BTREE_FL /* btree format dir */
> -#define OCFS2_INDEX_FL FS_INDEX_FL /* hash-indexed directory */
> -#define OCFS2_IMAGIC_FL FS_IMAGIC_FL /* AFS directory */
> -#define OCFS2_JOURNAL_DATA_FL FS_JOURNAL_DATA_FL /* Reserved for ext3 */
> -#define OCFS2_NOTAIL_FL FS_NOTAIL_FL /* file tail should not be merged */
> -#define OCFS2_DIRSYNC_FL FS_DIRSYNC_FL /* dirsync behaviour (directories only) */
> -#define OCFS2_TOPDIR_FL FS_TOPDIR_FL /* Top of directory hierarchies*/
> -#define OCFS2_RESERVED_FL FS_RESERVED_FL /* reserved for ext2 lib */
> -
> -#define OCFS2_FL_VISIBLE FS_FL_USER_VISIBLE /* User visible flags */
> -#define OCFS2_FL_MODIFIABLE FS_FL_USER_MODIFIABLE /* User modifiable flags */
> -
> /*
> * Extent record flags (e_node.leaf.flags)
> */