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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-09-02 08:17:56 +0200 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-09-02 08:17:56 +0200 |
| commit | 936e894a976dd3b0f07f1f6f43c17b77b7e6146d (patch) | |
| tree | 5ed5c1f6735dcd26550594df23c8f7fe2aa21a15 /fs/ext3/Kconfig | |
| parent | 69575d388603365f2afbf4166df93152df59b165 (diff) | |
| parent | 326ba5010a5429a5a528b268b36a5900d4ab0eba (diff) | |
Merge commit 'v2.6.31-rc8' into x86/txt
Conflicts:
arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c
security/Kconfig
Merge reason: resolve the conflicts, bump up from rc3 to rc8.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/ext3/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/ext3/Kconfig | 32 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/fs/ext3/Kconfig b/fs/ext3/Kconfig index fb3c1a21b13..522b15498f4 100644 --- a/fs/ext3/Kconfig +++ b/fs/ext3/Kconfig @@ -29,23 +29,25 @@ config EXT3_FS module will be called ext3. config EXT3_DEFAULTS_TO_ORDERED - bool "Default to 'data=ordered' in ext3 (legacy option)" + bool "Default to 'data=ordered' in ext3" depends on EXT3_FS help - If a filesystem does not explicitly specify a data ordering - mode, and the journal capability allowed it, ext3 used to - historically default to 'data=ordered'. - - That was a rather unfortunate choice, because it leads to all - kinds of latency problems, and the 'data=writeback' mode is more - appropriate these days. - - You should probably always answer 'n' here, and if you really - want to use 'data=ordered' mode, set it in the filesystem itself - with 'tune2fs -o journal_data_ordered'. - - But if you really want to enable the legacy default, you can do - so by answering 'y' to this question. + The journal mode options for ext3 have different tradeoffs + between when data is guaranteed to be on disk and + performance. The use of "data=writeback" can cause + unwritten data to appear in files after an system crash or + power failure, which can be a security issue. However, + "data=ordered" mode can also result in major performance + problems, including seconds-long delays before an fsync() + call returns. For details, see: + + http://ext4.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Ext3_data_mode_tradeoffs + + If you have been historically happy with ext3's performance, + data=ordered mode will be a safe choice and you should + answer 'y' here. If you understand the reliability and data + privacy issues of data=writeback and are willing to make + that trade off, answer 'n'. config EXT3_FS_XATTR bool "Ext3 extended attributes" |