linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] f2fs: introduce on-disk layout version checking functionality

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Message-ID: <1464136455.2680.7.camel@slavad-ubuntu-14.04>
Date:	Tue, 24 May 2016 17:34:15 -0700
From:	Viacheslav Dubeyko <slava@...eyko.com>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:	Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	Vyacheslav.Dubeyko@...t.com, Cyril.Guyot@...t.com,
	Adam.Manzanares@...t.com, Damien.LeMoal@...t.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] f2fs: introduce on-disk layout version checking
 functionality

On Tue, 2016-05-24 at 01:53 -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

[snipped]
> 
> That goes on to the next question: why do we even need a config option
> for 16TB+ volume support?
> 

I believe that it makes sense to have config option during
implementation phase. I mean that it needs to protect this experimental
"feature" from being using till finally stabilized functionality. Then
the config option could be deleted if we haven't necessity in this
option.

Thanks,
Vyacheslav Dubeyko.