linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: ignore ext3/ext2 only mount options

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Date:	Sun, 4 Mar 2012 21:41:04 -0500
From:	Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Tom Gundersen <teg@...m.no>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Baechler <thomas@...hlinux.org>,
	Tobias Powalowski <tobias.powalowski@...glemail.com>,
	Dave Reisner <d@...conindy.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: ignore ext3/ext2 only mount options

On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 02:37:01PM +0100, Tom Gundersen wrote:
> There is a regression when using the ext4 module to mount
> ext2 or ext3 filesystems: When mountoptions are used that are
> supported by ext2 or ext3, but not by ext4 the mount fails.
> 
> This patch changes the failure into a warning. The case when
> the ext4 module is not used for ext2/3 support is unchanged.
> 
> Report: https://bbs.archlinux.org/profile.php?id=33804
> Signed-off-by: Tom Gundersen <teg@...m.no>
> Cc: Thomas Baechler <thomas@...hlinux.org>
> Cc: Tobias Powalowski <tobias.powalowski@...glemail.com>
> Cc: Dave Reisner <d@...conindy.com>

Thanks.  This patch will be slightly modified due to some cleanup and
refactorization in ext4's mount option handling code that I've been
doing.

						- Ted
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