linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 2/2 V2] ext4: remove the resize mount option

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Message-ID: <20111107155603.GD24234@thunk.org>
Date:	Mon, 7 Nov 2011 10:56:03 -0500
From:	Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
Cc:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>,
	ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2 V2] ext4: remove the resize mount option

On Wed, Nov 02, 2011 at 12:50:11PM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> 
> Hm.  Well, just because it -can- be done ... should it be done?
> We could do all sorts of things via mount options if we really
> wanted to.  mount -o tune2fs=^journal, you name it.

I tend to side with Eric that it seems to be an unnecessary
complication.  At the very least, if we were going to keep it, there
would have to be an xfstests for it, since I'm fairly certain
"mount -o resize=NNN" would be rarely, if ever, tested.

       	  	      	       	       	  - Ted
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