linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: remove deprecated oldalloc

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Message-ID: <20110815184945.GB16369@quack.suse.cz>
Date:	Mon, 15 Aug 2011 20:49:45 +0200
From:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To:	Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>
Cc:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, tytso@....edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: remove deprecated oldalloc

On Mon 15-08-11 17:50:53, Lukas Czerner wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Aug 2011, Jan Kara wrote:
> > On Mon 15-08-11 16:21:27, Lukas Czerner wrote:
> > > On Thu, 11 Aug 2011, Andreas Dilger wrote:
> > > > On 2011-08-11, at 8:58 AM, Lukas Czerner wrote:
> > > > > On Tue, 7 Jun 2011, Lukas Czerner wrote:
> > > > >> For a long time now orlov is the default block allocator in the ext4. It
> > > > >> performs better than the old one and no one seems to claim otherwise so
> > > > >> we can safely drop it and make oldalloc and orlov mount option
> > > > >> deprecated.
> > > > >> 
> > > > >> This is a part of the effort to reduce number of ext4 options hence the
> > > > >> test matrix.
> > > > >> 
> > > > >> Signed-off-by: Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>
> > > > > 
> > > > > ping
> > > > 
> > > > I'm OK with removing this, I don't think anyone uses it, and it has almost
> > > > no meaning with flex_bg anyway.
> > > > 
> > > > That said, "orlov" is also mostly meaningless with flex_bg as well, since
> > > > there is very little real benefit/affinity from inodes being "close" to
> > > > their data blocks.  We gain far more benefit from keeping the inodes
> > > > together than spreading them out and keeping them close to the data blocks.
> > > 
> > > What about removing it for ext3 as well ? I can prepare a patch.
> >   OK, let's start warning the option is deprecated and will be removed from
> > ext3. We can remove it after 2-3 releases...
> 
> Is that really necessary ? It is not like we are removing a feature which
> would not work anymore.
  Well, we are removing a mount option so if someone is using it e.g. in
/etc/fstab, his machine will fail to mount the filesystem. Or did I
misunderstood your intention?

								Honza
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