linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 41/39] mke2fs: warn if enabling metadata

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Message-ID: <20141105162014.GD27083@thunk.org>
Date:	Wed, 5 Nov 2014 11:20:14 -0500
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	"Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 41/39] mke2fs: warn if enabling metadata_csum on a
 pre-3.18 kernel

On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 04:32:31PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> The metadata_csum feature (really, the journal checksum disk format)
> didn't stabilize until the 3.18 kernel, at which point the companion
> journal_csum feature was turned on by default if metadata_csum was
> enabled.  Therefore, warn the user if they try to create such a
> filesystem on a pre-3.18 kernel.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@...cle.com>

Applied, thanks.

						- Ted
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