linux-ext4 - Re: [RFC][PATCH] Multiple mount protection

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Date:	Fri, 1 Jun 2007 12:56:45 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@...sterfs.com>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Kalpak Shah <kalpak@...sterfs.com>,
	linux-ext4 <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] Multiple mount protection

> It was mentioned before but deserves mentioning again that this will
> be an optional feature, mostly for use on SANs, iSCSI, etc where a disk
> might be accessed by multiple nodes at the same time.  That means there
> will not be any impact for desktop users waiting 10s for each of their
> filesystems to mount.

A safety feature that is optional? Doesn't sound very safe to me.
If the safety is needed it should be probably default, otherwise
it isn't needed.

-Andi
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