linux-ext4 - Re: ext4 confusion

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Date:   Mon, 5 Mar 2018 22:45:25 -0600
From:   Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
To:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux FS Devel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: ext4 confusion

On 3/5/18 10:42 PM, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>>> It's a new OS/installer.  OpenSUSE Tumbleweed, which is their bleeding edge
>>> rolling updates release.
>> Hrmph.  A lot of things go into this behavior, it may not be a kernel change at
>> all that has made it show up now...
> Yes, it could be that wonderful systemd or something else.

I think I'd pursue a parallel track of bugging SUSE about the issue... ;)

(I don't think the kernel will ever just downgrade an rw mount request to
ro, or skip an ro->rw transition silently... leaving it ro does seem
like an init bug, but *shrug* init long ago transitioned into deep magic.)

-Eric