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On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 11:53:45AM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > It's not like there is any shortage of flag bits, so what's the harm
> > of reserving the bit?
> 
> Why not just reserve a small group of bits for fs private use in that
> case - for any fs.

I think that would be a *fine* idea.

						- Ted