Fwd: Re: [PATCH] allow strictatime to be set as a global default

2015-12-25 Thread Raymond Jennings
rom: Mandeep Sandhu Subject: Re: [PATCH] allow strictatime to be set as a global default Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2015 17:25:37 -0800 To: Raymond Jennings Cc: kernelnewbies Looks good to me. To test the real watersyou should send it to the lists you mentioned (or whatever the maintainers script tells yo

Re: [PATCH] allow strictatime to be set as a global default

2015-12-19 Thread Mandeep Sandhu
Looks good to me. To test the real watersyou should send it to the lists you mentioned (or whatever the maintainers script tells you). Good luck, -mandeep On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 1:41 PM, Raymond Jennings wrote: > How does this version look? > > (the other delta for the other file was unto

Re: [PATCH] allow strictatime to be set as a global default

2015-12-19 Thread Raymond Jennings
How does this version look? (the other delta for the other file was untouched) Any chance it is ready to post to the big list (presumably fs with a cc to lkml)? diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig index 6ce72d8..122a993 100644 --- a/fs/Kconfig +++ b/fs/Kconfig @@ -4,6 +4,20 @@ menu "File syst

Re: [PATCH] allow strictatime to be set as a global default

2015-12-18 Thread Mandeep Sandhu
Ah yes...now it makes sense! :) The current 'word of caution' (about increased I/O load on block devices), seems mild IMHO. Maybe we should we have a stricter warning...something like enabling this option might be harmful to the life of your block device (due to excessive writes) and will also lea

Re: [PATCH] allow strictatime to be set as a global default

2015-12-18 Thread Raymond Jennings
On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 10:50 AM, Mandeep Sandhu wrote: > You've removed the strictatime option altogether. So how does that > satisfy people who _do_ want it? ...actually it looks like I was an idiot and got my diff backwards when I pulled it out of git :P Here's the correct version. diff --

Re: [PATCH] allow strictatime to be set as a global default

2015-12-18 Thread Mandeep Sandhu
You've removed the strictatime option altogether. So how does that satisfy people who _do_ want it? Is there some other option that will enable it? Just curious. -mandeep On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 6:42 AM, Raymond Jennings wrote: > I'm aware of a little tiff regarding strictatime in the past, an

[PATCH] allow strictatime to be set as a global default

2015-12-18 Thread Raymond Jennings
I'm aware of a little tiff regarding strictatime in the past, and I think I came up with a patch that might help everyone get what they want. I'm already using it myself. I've had some review on #kernelnewbies for technical issues, how does this look? --- diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig