linux-ext4 - Re: raid is dangerous but that's secret (was Re: [patch] ext2/3: document conditions when reliable operation is possible)

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Message-ID: <20090831180746.GA32110@piper.oerlikon.madduck.net>
Date:	Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:07:46 +0200
From:	martin f krafft <madduck@...ian.org>
To:	Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...il.com>
Cc:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
	NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>, Ric Wheeler <rwheeler@...hat.com>,
	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>, Florian Weimer <fweimer@....de>,
	Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@....de>,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, mtk.manpages@...il.com,
	rdunlap@...otime.net, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, corbet@....net
Subject: Re: raid is dangerous but that's secret (was Re: [patch] ext2/3:
 document conditions when reliable operation is possible)

also sprach Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...il.com> [2009.08.31.1949 +0200]:
> In the case of a degraded array, could the kernel be more
> proactive (or maybe even mdadm) and have the filesystem remount
> itself withOUT journalling enabled?  This seems on the surface to
> be possible, but I don't know the internal particulars that might
> prevent/allow it.

Why would I want to disable the filesystem journal in that case?

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