From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030228AbWFIPrL (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Jun 2006 11:47:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030227AbWFIPrL (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Jun 2006 11:47:11 -0400 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:59788 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030222AbWFIPrJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Jun 2006 11:47:09 -0400 Message-ID: <448997FA.50109@garzik.org> Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 11:47:06 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (X11/20060501) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Linus Torvalds CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ext2-devel , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, Andreas Dilger , cmm@us.ibm.com, Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [RFC 0/13] extents and 48bit ext3 References: <1149816055.4066.60.camel@dyn9047017069.beaverton.ibm.com> <4488E1A4.20305@garzik.org> <20060609083523.GQ5964@schatzie.adilger.int> <44898EE3.6080903@garzik.org> <448992EB.5070405@garzik.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.2 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.1.1 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.2 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Linus Torvalds wrote: > > On Fri, 9 Jun 2006, Jeff Garzik wrote: >> Overall, I'm surprised that ext3 developers don't see any of the problems >> related to progressive, stealth filesystem upgrades. > > Hey, they're used to it - they've been doing it for a long time. Agreed, but my argument is that extents are a Big Deal. think about The Experience: Suddenly users that could use 2.4.x and 2.6.x are locked into 2.6.18+, by the simple and common act of writing to a file. No bells and whistles go off... Jeff