linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: add support for multiple mount protection

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Date:	Mon, 2 May 2011 15:43:38 +0200
From:	Johann Lombardi <johann@...mcloud.com>
To:	Bernd Schubert <bernd.schubert@...m.fraunhofer.de>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, Andreas Dilger <adilger@...mcloud.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: add support for multiple mount protection

Hi Bernd,

On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 09:20:03PM +0200, Bernd Schubert wrote:
> >+#define EXT4_MMP_UPDATE_INTERVAL   1
> 
> this define is nowhere used (e2fsprogs already sets the
> update-interval in the superblock).

Indeed, i have removed it.

> And it is also too small, which may cause a huge performance issue
> (please remember my corresponding lustre bugzilla...).

The patches i have just sent increase the update interval to 5s and decrease the multiplier used to compute the check interval from 5 to 2.

> Once you are going to post the e2fsprogs patch, could you please
> also take care of the 2TiB mmp-block read limitation bug (please see
> another Lustre bugzilla )?

The updated e2fsprogs & kernel patches use blk64_t/ext4_fsblk_t, so this should work now. I will give this a try ASAP.

> It also would be nice to explain somewhere (and not hidden in the
> code) what is the difference between "update interval" and "check
> interval".

Done.

Thanks for the feedback.

Cheers,
Johann
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