Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758369AbZD1Sdq (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:33:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756685AbZD1Sd2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:33:28 -0400 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:59046 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1756122AbZD1Sd1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:33:27 -0400 X-Authenticated: #14349625 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19O70lNRNVOIzQKzs8WScb5AVHbCbz9J43tXA4sSB s6g3dzFPQxK/Qt Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] ext3 data=guarded v5 From: Mike Galbraith To: Chris Mason Cc: Jan Kara , Linus Torvalds , "Theodore Ts'o" , Linux Kernel Developers List , Ext4 Developers List In-Reply-To: <1240941840.15136.44.camel@think.oraclecorp.com> References: <1240941840.15136.44.camel@think.oraclecorp.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:33:02 +0200 Message-Id: <1240943582.5611.15.camel@marge.simson.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.1.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-FuHaFi: 0.68 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 629 Lines: 17 On Tue, 2009-04-28 at 14:04 -0400, Chris Mason wrote: > This patch adds the delayed i_size update to ext3, along with a new > mount option (data=guarded) to enable it. Is there a good reason to require a new mount option for this vs just calling it a fix (or enhancement) to the existing writeback option? I presume yes (you are fs guy..), but wonder what that reason is. -Mike -- 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/