From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
To: Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu>
Cc: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: Remove "extents" mount option
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:47:40 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4964CE9C.2050505@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090107144502.GC17110@mit.edu>
Theodore Tso wrote:
> What's the scenario you're thinking about here? When would it be
> useful for users to be able to downgrade extent-based files to
> indirect block files by copying files around?
>
> - Ted
We have said in the past that this is a path back out of ext4 if you
regret your decision to migrate.
And if you have simply tune2fs -O extent'd your old ext3 fs, then the
above *is* a (cumbersome) way back out in most cases I think...
-Eric
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-01-07 15:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-01-06 18:49 [PATCH] ext4: Remove "extents" mount option Theodore Ts'o
2009-01-07 5:32 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2009-01-07 14:45 ` Theodore Tso
2009-01-07 15:47 ` Eric Sandeen [this message]
2009-01-07 16:00 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
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