Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] relatime: Allow making relatime the default behaviour

[Matthew Garrett]

On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 12:32:20PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:02:45 +0000 Matthew Garrett <mjg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > A global default doesn't preclude per-mountpoint 
> > settings. This patch makes the existing kernel code more useful and so 
> > is worthwhile on its own, even if it doesn't scratch everyone's itch.
> 
> The standard, usual, expected way of modifying a filesystem's behaviour
> is via mount options.  This is also quite flexible.

Yes, if something is configured at a per-filesystem level, a mount 
option makes sense. I don't personally see any terribly sensible use 
cases for having this be per-filesystem and so wasn't planning on 
implementing that.

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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