linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext3: make barrier options consistent with ext4

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Message-ID: <20100503163609.GD3470@quack.suse.cz>
Date:	Mon, 3 May 2010 18:36:09 +0200
From:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
Cc:	ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext3: make barrier options consistent with ext4

On Fri 30-04-10 11:09:34, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> ext4 was updated to accept barrier/nobarrier mount options
> in addition to the older barrier=0/1.  The barrier story
> is complex enough, we should help people by making the options
> the same at least, even if the defaults are different.
> 
> This patch allows the barrier/nobarrier mount options for ext3,
> while keeping nobarrier the default.
> 
> It also unconditionally displays barrier status in show_options,
> and prints a message at mount time if barriers are not enabled,
> just as ext4 does.
  Thanks. Added to my tree.

								Honza
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
SUSE Labs, CR
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