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Subject: Re: [patch] giant-less quotas for UFS
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Kostik Belousov wrote:
> I already mailed about my development of the patch that
> allows for UFS with quotas to operate without Giant. Sorry if the
> repeat would be annoying.
> 
> I have spent time from my previous announcement testing the patch
> and bringing it up with HEAD. With current version, patched system
> successfully builds/tests the perl 5.8.8 simultaneously with cycle like
> 
> while quotaon <mount point> && quotaoff <mount point>; do : ; done
> 
> and periodical quota editing for the user owning the build processes. This
> includes the lowering/increasing inode/block quotas below/over current
> allocation numbers.
> 
> I think that the patch is stable enough to ask for the wider testing
> and review.
> 
> For the description of the patch, see
> http://kostikbel.narod.ru/quotagiant/
> 
> Current (as of today) version of the patch:
> http://kostikbel.narod.ru/quotagiant/quotas-20060329-1738.patch
> 
> Please, could you give the patch more testing and exposure ?
> Your criticism and suggestions are strongly appreciated.
> 
> Best regards,
> Kostik Belousov.

I'm not terribly interested in quotas themselves, but I am interested in
UFS.  If no one else contacts you about picking up these patches, let me
know.

Scott