linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] relatime: Allow making relatime the default behaviour

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Message-ID: <20081127164754.GC22963@srcf.ucam.org>
Date:	Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:47:54 +0000
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	mingo@...hat.com, val.henson@...il.com, matthew@....cx
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] relatime: Allow making relatime the default behaviour

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 04:35:35PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:

> Putting in extra flags to allow the kernel and user space to fight each
> other over mount defaults is a recipe for disaster. Take your userspace
> mount command and beat it up appropriately. If you want a mount command
> that defaults to relatime then ship a mount command that does.

Yes, that sounds like a reasonable approach. In that case I'll update 
the first to include the support for configuring the timeout.

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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