linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] do not set extents feature from the kernel

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Message-ID: <20080709031049.GH9957@mit.edu>
Date:	Tue, 8 Jul 2008 23:10:49 -0400
From:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
To:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
Cc:	ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] do not set extents feature from the kernel

On Mon, Jul 07, 2008 at 03:15:16PM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> We've talked for a while about getting rid of any feature-
> setting from the kernel; this gets rid of the code which would
> set the INCOMPAT_EXTENTS flag on the first file write when mounted
> as ext4[dev].
> 
> With this patch, if the extents feature is not already set on disk,
> then mounting as ext4 will fall back to noextents with a warning,
> and if -o extents is explicitly requested, the mount will fail,
> also with warning.
> 

Looks good, I've added it to the patch queue.

						- Ted
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