linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] Make relatime default

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0903261728170.3994@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:30:10 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>
cc:	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, mjg@...hat.com, tytso@....edu,
	mingo@...e.hu, jack@...e.cz, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	arjan@...radead.org, a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl, npiggin@...e.de,
	jens.axboe@...cle.com, drees76@...il.com, jesper@...gh.cc,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, oleg@...hat.com, roland@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Make relatime default



On Fri, 27 Mar 2009, Frans Pop wrote:
> 
> I guess users and distros can still elect not to set it as default, but it 
> still seems a bit like going from one extreme to another.

Why? RELATIME has been around since 2006 now. Nothing has happened. People 
who think "we should leave it up to user land" lost their credibility long 
ago.

			Linus
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