linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC] nilfs2: continuous snapshotting file system

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Message-ID: <87iqtwyq55.fsf@basil.nowhere.org>
Date:	Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:47:18 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@....ntt.co.jp>
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] nilfs2: continuous snapshotting file system

Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@....ntt.co.jp> writes:

> It has many TODO items:

How stable is the on-disk format? If the file system makes mainline
your user base would likely increase significantly. Users then tend
to have a reasonable exception that they can still mount old file systems
later on newer kernels (although not necessarily the other way round)

-Andi
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