From: Eric Sandeen Subject: Re: [PATCH] mke2fs, tune2fs, resize2fs: add warning messages for bigalloc and quota Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:46:26 -0600 Message-ID: <50FED072.2020402@redhat.com> References: <1358813397-26528-1-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> <679935ED-C84D-42C4-B6C4-2F104774FBB0@redhat.com> <355F6D97-0481-45C8-805B-F2E2BF6118F8@dilger.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" , Ext4 Developers List To: Andreas Dilger Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:26321 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752145Ab3AVRqz (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:46:55 -0500 In-Reply-To: <355F6D97-0481-45C8-805B-F2E2BF6118F8@dilger.ca> Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 1/22/13 11:24 AM, Andreas Dilger wrote: > My preference would be to have separate "--force-bigalloc" and > "--force-quota" options instead of lumping everything under a single > "--force/-f" flag. That can become habitual for one kind of usage > (e.g. mke2fs on a regular file) and then it also forces other > dangerous behaviour (such as these) as an unknown side effect. Actually, that's a good point, I had the same thought and meant to mention it but forgot. :( I guess the release is out there now, though. -Eric