Re: [PATCH] e2fsprogs: add large_file to base mkfs features

[Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>]

On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:26:03PM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> large_file (> 2G) support has been around since at least kernel 2.4;
> mkfs of any sufficiently large filesystem sets it "accidentally"
> when the resize inode exceeds 2G.  This leaves very small
> filesystems lacking the feature, which potentially changes
> their behavior & codepaths the first time a > 2G file gets
> written.
> 
> There's really no reason to be making fresh filesystems which
> strive to keep compatibility with 10 year old kernels; just
> enable large_file at mkfs time.  This is particularly obvious
> for ext4 fielsystems, which set huge_file by default, but not
> necessarily large_file.
> 
> If old-kernel compatibility is desired, mke2fs.conf can be
> modified locally to remove the feature.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>

Applied, thanks.

					- Ted