linux-ext4 - Re: data=guarded mode in ext3

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Date:	Mon, 7 Jan 2013 10:59:25 -0500
From:	Chris Mason <chris.mason@...ionio.com>
To:	Ric Wheeler <rwheeler@...hat.com>
CC:	Keith Chew <keith.chew@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Chris Mason <clmason@...ionio.com>,
	"linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org" <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: data=guarded mode in ext3

On Mon, Jan 07, 2013 at 08:46:56AM -0700, Ric Wheeler wrote:
> On 12/03/2012 09:34 PM, Keith Chew wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > Just wanted to check if the "'Data=guarded' mode in Ext3" work started
> > by Chris Mason, is still being considered for merging to the mainline
> > kernel? Or has that effort stopped?
> >
> > Regards
> > Keith
> >
> 
> Hi Keith,
> 
> I think that Chris is spending pretty much all of his time on btrfs these days. 
> I believe this work is pretty much abandoned at this point...
> 
> What are you looking for specifically from this?

Ric has it right, the change was big enough that I didn't think it was
worth the risk of changing how ext3 works.  Most people are going to
want ext4 anyway for a lot of reasons, so it made sense to focus bigger
changes in the ext4 code base.

-chris
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