linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/23] per device dirty throttling -v8

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Message-ID: <20070804224706.617500a0@the-village.bc.nu>
Date:	Sat, 4 Aug 2007 22:47:06 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Jörn Engel <joern@...fs.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	miklos@...redi.hu, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, neilb@...e.de,
	dgc@....com, tomoki.sekiyama.qu@...achi.com, nikita@...sterfs.com,
	trond.myklebust@....uio.no, yingchao.zhou@...il.com,
	richard@....demon.co.uk, david@...g.hm
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/23] per device dirty throttling -v8

> Linux has always been a "POSIX unless its stupid" type of system.  For 
> the upstream kernel, we should do the right thing -- noatime by default 
> -- but allow distros and people that care about rigid compliance to 
> easily change the default.

Linux has never been a "suprise your kernel interfaces all just changed
today" kernel, nor a "gosh you upgraded and didn't notice your backups
broke" kernel.

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