Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760293AbZACWR3 (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Jan 2009 17:17:29 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1759598AbZACWRU (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Jan 2009 17:17:20 -0500 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.173]:55372 "EHLO ug-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752979AbZACWRS convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Jan 2009 17:17:18 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references:x-google-sender-auth; b=qG/GrMJe7mbppIiTEDjIizgDGLB7d2Q30YboKl5vG6ov4Fh9QPfTGrSdB0UJh9+UFJ tTwBqa5IQ1t00qMWjnvecsGgm2o9QOkZhD57BL6sYpgYU1HTiEcm/aylqd3So4Fi92U0 UUvAmSzAW9aQKc9l/pqVoP2RRop+++rwjfGow= Message-ID: Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 22:17:15 +0000 From: "Duane Griffin" To: "=?WINDOWS-1252?Q?Martin_MOKREJ=8A?=" Subject: Re: document ext3 requirements Cc: "Pavel Machek" , "kernel list" , "Andrew Morton" , tytso@mit.edu, mtk.manpages@gmail.com, rdunlap@xenotime.net, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <495FD5D7.2040907@ribosome.natur.cuni.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-Disposition: inline References: <20090103123813.GA1512@ucw.cz> <495FD5D7.2040907@ribosome.natur.cuni.cz> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 870a0672ef963fe4 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 938 Lines: 27 [Fixed top-posting] 2009/1/3 Martin MOKREJ? : > Pavel Machek wrote: >> readonly mount does actually write to the media in some cases. Document that. >> > Can one avoid replay of the journal then if it would be unclean? > Just curious. Nope. If the underlying block device is read-only then mounting the filesystem will fail. I tried to fix this some time ago, and have a set of patches that almost always work, but "almost always" isn't good enough. Unfortunately I never managed to figure out a way to finish it off without disgusting hacks or major surgery. > M. Cheers, Duane. -- "I never could learn to drink that blood and call it wine" - Bob Dylan -- 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/