linux-kernel - ext2 future [was Re: -mm merge plans for 2.6.20]

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Message-ID: <20061205110610.GA6987@elf.ucw.cz>
Date:	Tue, 5 Dec 2006 12:06:10 +0100
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: ext2 future [was Re: -mm merge plans for 2.6.20]

Hi!


> ext2-reservations.patch
> ext2-fix-reservation-extension.patch
> make-ext2_get_blocks-static.patch
> ext2-balloc-fix-_with_rsv-freeze.patch
> ext2-balloc-reset-windowsz-when-full.patch
> ext2-balloc-fix-off-by-one-against-rsv_end.patch
> ext2-balloc-fix-off-by-one-against-grp_goal.patch
> ext2-balloc-say-rb_entry-not-list_entry.patch
> ext2-balloc-use-io_error-label.patch
> 
>  Not for 2.6.20.  In fact it's unclear whether this should ever be merged -
>  ext2 is more an "example filesytem" nowadays.  We'll see.

If ext2 is "example filesystem"... perhaps we should add "no journal"
mode to ext3 or something? We still want high-performance,
not-journalled filesystem, I believe.
								Pavel
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