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Message-ID: <20090104223433.GC1913@elf.ucw.cz>
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 23:34:33 +0100
From: Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>
To: Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>,
kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, mtk.manpages@...il.com,
rdunlap@...otime.net, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [patch] document ext3 a bit better
ext3 has quite unexpected semantics or "ro" and defaults are usually
not what they are documented to be, due to mkfs override.
Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt
index 9dd2a3b..113db1f 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ Options
When mounting an ext3 filesystem, the following option are accepted:
(*) == default
+ro Mount filesystem read only. Note that ext3 will replay
+ the journal (and thus write to the partition) even when
+ mounted "read only". "ro, noload" can be used to prevent
+ writes to the filesystem.
+
journal=update Update the ext3 file system's journal to the current
format.
@@ -27,7 +32,9 @@ journal_dev=devnum When the external jou
identified through its new major/minor numbers encoded
in devnum.
-noload Don't load the journal on mounting.
+noload Don't load the journal on mounting. Note that this forces
+ mount of inconsistent filesystem, which can lead to
+ various problems.
data=journal All data are committed into the journal prior to being
written into the main file system.
@@ -95,6 +102,8 @@ debug Extra debugging information is s
errors=remount-ro(*) Remount the filesystem read-only on an error.
errors=continue Keep going on a filesystem error.
errors=panic Panic and halt the machine if an error occurs.
+ (Note that default is overriden by superblock
+ setting on most systems).
data_err=ignore(*) Just print an error message if an error occurs
in a file data buffer in ordered mode.
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