Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 12:32:20 -0800
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>
Cc: Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] relatime: Allow making relatime the default
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On Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:02:45 +0000 Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 06:56:45PM +0000, Jamie Lokier wrote:
> 
> > I don't see why there is an objection to per-mountpoint.
> > Andrew Morton's syntax: mount /dev/foo /mnt/bar -o relatime=86400
> > looks natural to me.
> 
> If somebody feels that this functionality would be useful, they're 
> welcome to write it.

If someone writes it, I'll merge it.

> A global default doesn't preclude per-mountpoint 
> settings. This patch makes the existing kernel code more useful and so 
> is worthwhile on its own, even if it doesn't scratch everyone's itch.

The standard, usual, expected way of modifying a filesystem's behaviour
is via mount options.  This is also quite flexible.

Is there some extraordinary reason why the standard interface is not to
be used here?
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