linux-kernel - Re: Btrfs for mainline

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Message-ID: <20090106220904.GA25563@shareable.org>
Date:	Tue, 6 Jan 2009 22:09:04 +0000
From:	Jamie Lokier <jamie@...reable.org>
To:	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>
Cc:	Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com>,
	Chris Samuel <chris@...muel.org>, linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Btrfs for mainline

J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> Old kernel versions may still get booted after brtfs has gotten a
> reputation for stability.  E.g. if I move my / to brtfs in 2.6.34, then
> one day need to boot back to 2.6.30 to track down some regression, the
> reminder that I'm moving back to some sort of brtfs dark-ages might be
> welcome.

Require a mount option "allow_unstable_version" until it's stable?
The stable version can ignore the option.

In your example, you wouldn't use the option, and in the btrfs dark
ages it would refuse to mount.

-- Jamie
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