Re: [ext4] Documentation patch

[Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>]

Theodore Tso wrote:
> Good points.  OK, how about this?
>      	      
>   - When comparing performance with other filesystems, it's always
>     important to try multiple workloads; very often a subtle change in a
>     workload parameter can completely change the ranking of which
>     filesystems do well compared to others.  When comparing versus ext3,
>     note that ext4 enables write barriers by default, while ext3 does
>     not enable write barriers by default.  So it is useful to use
>     explicitly specify whether barriers are enabled or not when via the
>     '-o barriers=[0|1]' mount option for both ext3 and ext4 filesystems
>     for a fair comparison.  When tuning ext3 for best benchmark numbers,
>     it is often worthwhile to try changing the data journaling mode; '-o
>     data=writeback,nobh' can be faster for some workloads.  (Note
>     however that running mounting with data=writeback can potentially

I'd say "running mounted with data=writeback...."

other than that it looks good to me :)

(sorta nitpicky but it probably won't be touched again for 5 years so
may as well get it right now) :)

-Eric

>     leave stale data exposed in recently written files in case of an
>     unclean shutdown, which could be a security exposure in some
>     situations.)  Configuring the filesystem with a large journal can
>     also be helpful for metadata-intensive workloads.
> 
> 							- Ted