linux-ext4 - Re: 2.6.35-r5 ext3 corruptions

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Date:	Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:55:58 +1000
From:	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
To:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.35-r5 ext3 corruptions

On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 12:53:26PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
>   I've taken the change just updating the changelog to:
> ext3: default to ordered mode
>     
> data=writeback mode is dangerous as it leads to higher data loss and stale data
> exposure when systems crash. It should not be the default, especially when all
> major distros ensure their ext3 filesystems default to ordered mode. Change the
> default mode to the safer data=ordered mode, because we should be caring far
> more about avoiding stale data exposure than performance.
> 
>   Do you agree Dave?

Fine by me ;)

Cheers,

Dave.
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Dave Chinner
david@...morbit.com
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