* Re: data=guarded mode in ext3 [not found] <CAKaWdxYi_RpjSAp9sL9oeM2i1sCR5foKpvV2bCHDrbM0Dj3DtA@mail.gmail.com> @ 2013-01-07 15:46 ` Ric Wheeler 2013-01-07 15:59 ` Chris Mason 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread From: Ric Wheeler @ 2013-01-07 15:46 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Keith Chew; +Cc: linux-kernel, Chris L. Mason, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org On 12/03/2012 09:34 PM, Keith Chew wrote: > Hi > > Just wanted to check if the "'Data=guarded' mode in Ext3" work started > by Chris Mason, is still being considered for merging to the mainline > kernel? Or has that effort stopped? > > Regards > Keith > Hi Keith, I think that Chris is spending pretty much all of his time on btrfs these days. I believe this work is pretty much abandoned at this point... What are you looking for specifically from this? Thanks! Ric ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: data=guarded mode in ext3 2013-01-07 15:46 ` data=guarded mode in ext3 Ric Wheeler @ 2013-01-07 15:59 ` Chris Mason 2013-01-07 20:56 ` Keith Chew 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread From: Chris Mason @ 2013-01-07 15:59 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Ric Wheeler Cc: Keith Chew, linux-kernel, Chris Mason, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jan 07, 2013 at 08:46:56AM -0700, Ric Wheeler wrote: > On 12/03/2012 09:34 PM, Keith Chew wrote: > > Hi > > > > Just wanted to check if the "'Data=guarded' mode in Ext3" work started > > by Chris Mason, is still being considered for merging to the mainline > > kernel? Or has that effort stopped? > > > > Regards > > Keith > > > > Hi Keith, > > I think that Chris is spending pretty much all of his time on btrfs these days. > I believe this work is pretty much abandoned at this point... > > What are you looking for specifically from this? Ric has it right, the change was big enough that I didn't think it was worth the risk of changing how ext3 works. Most people are going to want ext4 anyway for a lot of reasons, so it made sense to focus bigger changes in the ext4 code base. -chris ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: data=guarded mode in ext3 2013-01-07 15:59 ` Chris Mason @ 2013-01-07 20:56 ` Keith Chew 0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Keith Chew @ 2013-01-07 20:56 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Chris Mason, Ric Wheeler, linux-kernel, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org Hi Chris > > Ric has it right, the change was big enough that I didn't think it was > worth the risk of changing how ext3 works. Most people are going to > want ext4 anyway for a lot of reasons, so it made sense to focus bigger > changes in the ext4 code base. > Thank you very much for your reply. I was just asking because I was interested in helping out in the testing of the patch. Thanks again. Regards Keith ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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