From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261451AbVCOQuN (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Mar 2005 11:50:13 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261452AbVCOQuN (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Mar 2005 11:50:13 -0500 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:20948 "EHLO parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261451AbVCOQuJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Mar 2005 11:50:09 -0500 Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 16:50:03 +0000 From: Matthew Wilcox To: Arjan van de Ven Cc: Badari Pulavarty , Andrew Morton , Linux Kernel Mailing List , ext2-devel Subject: Re: [Ext2-devel] Re: [PATCH] 2.6.11-mm3 patch for ext3 writeback "nobh" option Message-ID: <20050315165003.GF21986@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <1110827903.24286.275.camel@dyn318077bld.beaverton.ibm.com> <20050314180917.07f7ac58.akpm@osdl.org> <1110902996.24286.328.camel@dyn318077bld.beaverton.ibm.com> <1110903996.6290.73.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1110903996.6290.73.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 05:26:36PM +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > I still don't get why you want a mount option. Sure during development > it can be nice.. but do you still want it in the production trees?? > (I understand that for small blocksizes you need to fallback code, fine, > no problem, but why do you want to make it an *option* instead of > automatic) Can we get rid of the "nobh" ext2 mount option too so other people don't get mislead into thinking this is a good idea? -- "Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception." -- Mark Twain