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Date:	Tue, 22 Dec 2015 02:32:21 +0100
From:	Kai Krakow <hurikhan77@...il.com>
To:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Ideas on unified real-ro mount option across all filesystems

Am Fri, 18 Dec 2015 03:01:06 +0100
schrieb Christoph Anton Mitterer <calestyo@...entia.net>:

> The manpage says:
> > ro     Mount the filesystem read-only.
> > rw     Mount the filesystem read-write.  

That means: the filesystem... Not the block device...

Sorry, it's kinda nitpicking. But actually, the file system IS
read-only: You cannot modify files from user's view.

What you actually want is not modifying the underlying storage which is
the block device and includes stuff like meta and journal data (which
is only indirectly visible to users at best).

You can argue that man pages are not particularly end-user friendly.
But for an admin this makes sense without being an fs developer.

-- 
Regards,
Kai

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