Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 25 May 2001 09:21:42 -0700 | From | Hans Reiser <> | Subject | Re: Dying disk and filesystem choice. |
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Chris Mason wrote: > > On Thursday, May 24, 2001 11:16:58 PM +0100 Alan Cox > <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote: > > >> IMHO we are not that deep into code freeze anymore. Freevxfs got added > >> in linux-2.4.5-pre*, so I think that a patch that adds a useful feature > >> like badblock support would be OK. > > > > FreeVxFS changes precisely nothing in the behaviour of any other fs - its > > like adding a new driver. > > > > Updating Reiserfs requires a lot more care because it has the potential to > > harm existing stable setups > > This has been mostly covered, but just in case. There are two different > freezes, the kernel, and in reiserfs. The reiserfs part isn't something > Alan or Linus have imposed on us, we just wanted to limit the reiserfs > changes as much as possible during the early kernel releases. > > The end result is that some larger scale issues are unfixed (memory > pressure from VM, lost files after a crash), but we have been able to focus > on the critical hoses-my-files/crashes-my-box kinds of bugs. > > -chris No, our policy is strictly in sync with and reflective of that of the rest of the linux-kernel. Since the ac series has a different policy, we can be different in regards to the ac series.
And I don't begin to comprehend your not sending in the lost disk space after crash bug fix (I assume it is what you mean when you refer to lost files after a crash, because I know of no lost files after a crash bug, please phrase things more carefully), and it really annoys me and the users, frankly. Why you consider that a feature is beyond me.
monstr, could you fix it please and send the fix in? We can't wait for Chris to send it in any longer.
Thx,
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