Re: [PATCH 2/2] Make relatime default

Pavel Machek
2009-04-09T21:57:58Z

On Thu 2009-04-09 14:20:40, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, 9 Apr 2009, Pavel Machek wrote:
> >
> > Well, stat() syscall no longer returns sane value in st_atime, while
> > all the userland stayed the same; only kernel changed. I believe that
> > is ABI change.
>
> No.
>
> If you want the old abi, use "strictatime" in your /etc/fstime.
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So you agree it is an ABI change :-).

> No ABI changed. Just the default mount options changed to be what most
> people (especially non-specialists) would likely want.

Maybe.

But lets see what awaits me with 2.6.30-rc1 update:

root@amd:~# mount /data -oremount,noatime
root@amd:~# mount /data -oremount,strictatime
mount: /data not mounted already, or bad option

...oh no, my mount is too old. My mount seems to be up-to-date with
debian testing. Should I have to install mount from sources just to
keep the compatible system settings?

There has to be a better way.
Pavel
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