From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
To: ext4 development <linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 0/2] e2fsprogs: update mkfs defaults
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 12:12:16 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D5C1380.2020602@redhat.com> (raw)
Anaconda (the Fedora/RHEL installer) had been "fixing up" extN filesystems it created by setting the max mount count and check interval to 0, as well as adding user_xattr to filesystem mount options.
As part of their efforts to stop special-casing around upstream defaults, they've removed these changes upstream.
However, I'd like to at least propose that these changes be made default.
The forced fsck often comes at unexpected and inopportune moments, and even enterprise customers are often caught by surprise when this happens. Because a filesystem with an error condition will be marked as requiring fsck anyway, I submit that the time-based and mount-based checks are not particularly useful, and that administrators can schedule fscks on their own time, or tune2fs the enforced intervals if they so choose. Patch #1 disables the intervals by default, and I've added a new mkfs option (-C) to turn on the old behavior of random, unexpected, time-consuming fscks at boot time. ;)
User namespace xattrs are generally useful, and I think extN is the only filesystem requiring a special mount option to enable them, when xattrs are otherwise available. So patch #2 sets that mount option into the defaults.
Thanks,
-Eric
next reply other threads:[~2011-02-16 18:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-02-16 18:12 Eric Sandeen [this message]
2011-02-16 18:14 ` [PATCH 1/2] e2fsprogs: turn off enforced fsck intervals by default Eric Sandeen
2011-02-16 18:24 ` Lukas Czerner
2011-02-16 19:12 ` Amir Goldstein
2011-02-16 22:55 ` Ted Ts'o
2011-02-17 21:55 ` [PATCH 1/2 V2] " Eric Sandeen
2011-02-16 18:21 ` [PATCH 2/2] e2fsprogs: enable user namespace xattrs " Eric Sandeen
2011-02-16 19:15 ` Andreas Dilger
2011-02-16 19:27 ` Eric Sandeen
2011-02-16 21:49 ` Ted Ts'o
2011-02-16 21:53 ` Eric Sandeen
2011-02-16 22:56 ` Ted Ts'o
2011-02-16 22:58 ` Eric Sandeen
2011-02-16 23:01 ` Ted Ts'o
2011-02-17 21:56 ` [PATCH 2/2 V2] " Eric Sandeen
2011-02-20 23:31 ` Ted Ts'o
2011-02-21 17:00 ` Eric Sandeen
2011-02-16 22:12 ` [PATCH 0/2] e2fsprogs: update mkfs defaults Andreas Dilger
2011-02-16 22:37 ` Eric Sandeen
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