From: Christoph Hellwig Subject: Re: [ext4] Documentation patch Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:57:00 -0500 Message-ID: <20081201165700.GA26680@infradead.org> References: <8763m3u9kv.fsf@basilikum.skogtun.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, tytso@mit.edu To: Harald Arnesen Return-path: Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([18.85.46.34]:58058 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751370AbYLAQ5B (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:57:01 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8763m3u9kv.fsf@basilikum.skogtun.org> Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Dec 01, 2008 at 05:46:56PM +0100, Harald Arnesen wrote: > So when comparing with a metadata-only journalling filesystem, such > - as ext3, use `mount -o data=writeback'. And you might as well use > + as jfs or xfs, use `mount -o data=writeback'. And you might as well use data=ordered comes closest to what xfs does for quite a long time..