linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] ext4: Add pollable sysfs entry for block threshold events

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Message-ID: <20150318182042.GA23605@infradead.org>
Date:	Wed, 18 Mar 2015 11:20:42 -0700
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Luk?? Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>
Cc:	Beata Michalska <b.michalska@...sung.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	adilger.kernel@...ger.ca, tytso@....edu,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kyungmin.park@...sung.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] ext4: Add pollable sysfs entry for block
 threshold events

On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 11:12:24AM +0100, Luk?? Czerner wrote:
> As Jan already mentioned the problem with quota is that it really
> is accounting for used space per user, which is not really ideal for
> this scenario. I have not seen the tmpfs discussions so maybe
> they have a solution ?
> 
> Also, implementing noenforce should should be relatively easy.

I'm not sayin we should use quota here, just a simimilar mechnisms for
reporting that we hit the space limits.
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