From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Theodore Ts'o Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/8] ext4: promote ext4 over ext2 in the default probe order Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 10:34:04 -0400 Message-ID: <20151015143404.GF17329@thunk.org> References: <20151012215416.28872.8160.stgit@birch.djwong.org> <20151012215431.28872.84139.stgit@birch.djwong.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org To: "Darrick J. Wong" Return-path: Received: from imap.thunk.org ([74.207.234.97]:52010 "EHLO imap.thunk.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751752AbbJOOeG (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Oct 2015 10:34:06 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20151012215431.28872.84139.stgit@birch.djwong.org> Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 02:54:31PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote: > Prevent clean ext3 filesystems from mounting by default with the ext2 > driver (with no journal!) by putting ext4 ahead of ext2 in the default > probe order. This will have the effect of mounting ext2 filesystems > with ext4.ko by default, which is a safer failure than hoping the user > notices that their journalled ext3 is now running without a journal! > > Users who require ext2.ko for ext2 can either disable ext4.ko or > explicitly request ext2 via "mount -t ext2" or "rootfstype=ext2". > > Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong Thanks, applied. - Ted