Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 30 Jul 2001 17:49:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 30 Jul 2001 17:49:47 -0400 Received: from ns.caldera.de ([212.34.180.1]:29870 "EHLO ns.caldera.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 30 Jul 2001 17:49:37 -0400 Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 23:49:34 +0200 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Hans Reiser Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ReiserFS / 2.4.6 / Data Corruption Message-ID: <20010730234934.B20969@caldera.de> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Hans Reiser , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200107281645.f6SGjA620666@ns.caldera.de> <3B653211.FD28320@namesys.com> <20010730210644.A5488@caldera.de> <3B65C3D4.FF8EB12D@namesys.com> <20010730224930.A18311@caldera.de> <3B65CFC5.A6B4FC08@namesys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3B65CFC5.A6B4FC08@namesys.com>; from reiser@namesys.com on Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 01:21:09AM +0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-kernel-outgoing On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 01:21:09AM +0400, Hans Reiser wrote: > > The cost is not a crash, the cost is performance sucks. > I give a damn for the performance if my filesystem doesn't prove stable. And I think you can't deny that all reiserfs versions for 2.4 had issues in that area. _IF_ reiserfs proves stable in the next time I don't see any reason why this checks should stay in. For example I've just turned of the debugging on my ext3-using boxens. Not only ext3 has proven stable, but I also know that if it fails there is still e2fsck which has proven absolutly reliable in the last years. Another example is the write support I currently add to my freevxfs driver (and no, I'm neither working for RedHat nor is it the VxFS module that played a central role in your 3/2000 conspiration theories): until it has proven stable for a long time I will not even add a option to turn off all the consistency checks I've added. I'll give a damn if ext2, reiserfs or VERITAS will beat me until it is stable. > > Are you going to leave it on for future versions of ReiserFS, or just for Linux > 2.4.2? I'm not in a position to decide it. But if I'm asked for my opion (again) the answer will depend on wether reiserfs will be more stable than now at that point. Christoph -- Whip me. Beat me. Make me maintain AIX. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/