From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from relay.sgi.com (relay2.corp.sgi.com [137.38.102.29]) by oss.sgi.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80B407F37 for ; Mon, 4 Jan 2016 18:15:28 -0600 (CST) Received: from cuda.sgi.com (cuda1.sgi.com [192.48.157.11]) by relay2.corp.sgi.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5920A304067 for ; Mon, 4 Jan 2016 16:15:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com (aserp1040.oracle.com [141.146.126.69]) by cuda.sgi.com with ESMTP id Rulq6ulzqslJdJ2c (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 04 Jan 2016 16:15:18 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2016 16:14:50 -0800 From: "Darrick J. Wong" Subject: Re: [PATCH 15/22] xfsdocs: document the operation of the realtime device and inodes Message-ID: <20160105001450.GF28330@birch.djwong.org> References: <20151219091208.15558.65013.stgit@birch.djwong.org> <20151219091351.15558.51417.stgit@birch.djwong.org> <20160103134151.GB9144@infradead.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20160103134151.GB9144@infradead.org> List-Id: XFS Filesystem from SGI List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com Sender: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com To: Christoph Hellwig Cc: xfs@oss.sgi.com On Sun, Jan 03, 2016 at 05:41:51AM -0800, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > Looks generally good, although I wonder the take on the realtime device > is a bit too positive given that we generally advise people not to use > it. Last time I tried formatting with a rt device (a month ago) the kernel crashed, as soon as I created an inode, so I guess we ought to warn people that this feature is severely bitrotted. What /is/ the official status of XFS RT? Most sane distros (looking right at you, Ubuntu) disable kernel support, so I guess: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WARNING: The realtime feature is not well maintained. Use with caution. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --D > > Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig > > _______________________________________________ > xfs mailing list > xfs@oss.sgi.com > http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@oss.sgi.com http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs