linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: Add support for data=alloc_on

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Date:	Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:07:36 -0500
From:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
To:	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
CC:	Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: Add support for data=alloc_on_commit mode

Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> Add an ext3 bug-for-bug compatible analogue for data=ordered mode.  In
> this mode, we force all delayed allocation blocks involved with the
> to-be-commited transaction to be allocated, and then flushed out to
> disk before the transaction is commited.
> 
> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>

Just out of curiosity, what is intended to be the default mode?  How do
you envision users choosing between data=ordered vs. data=alloc-on-commit?

Maybe I'm asking whether there's a Documentation/ patch to go with this? :)

-Eric
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