linux-ext4 - Re: What happened to data=guarded?

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Date:	Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:29:14 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>
Cc:	Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com>,
	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, jack@...e.cz,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: What happened to data=guarded?

Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl> writes:

> On Tuesday 11 August 2009, Chris Mason wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 03:35:36PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
>> > Somewhat unrelated, but what happened to the data=guarded patches
>> > Chris Mason proposed back in April?
>>
>> I missed 2.6.31 but plan on sending for 2.6.32.  I promised to send
>> along a forward port of the patches a while back, but I finally have
>> one in testing here.  It should go out shortly.
>
> Good to hear. I've so far stayed with data=ordered as I think I'd prefer 
> data=guarded over data=writeback. I'll certainly give it a try when it's 
> available.

Same here. data=writeback already cost me a few files after crashes here :/

-Andi

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