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Date:   Tue, 8 Aug 2017 11:00:16 +0200
From:   Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: introduce per-inode DAX flag

On Mon, Aug 07, 2017 at 02:12:12PM +0200, Lukas Czerner wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 05, 2017 at 01:46:01AM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > Please don't do this until we have a coherent DAX plan.  So far
> > the flag in XFS seems like a massive mistake and we need to get
> > rid of it instead of adding it to more file systems.
> 
> Hi, pardon my ignorance, but can you point me to the discussion where
> this was decided ? I must have missed it and I can't find it.
> 
> Thanks!
> -Lukas

So I've read the thread where you talk about this. I do not see anything
about it being a masive mistake. I only see that you're confident that's
it's a wrong thing to do. Like you're ever not confident about
something;) Care to elaborate on what's wrong with it and why we do not
want it ? On the surface it does look like a usefull option to have.

-Lukas

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