From bbae8bcc49bc4d002221dab52c79a50a82e7cd1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Linus Torvalds Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 17:16:47 -0700 Subject: ext3: make default data ordering mode configurable This makes the defautl ext3 data ordering mode (when no explicit ordering is set) configurable, so as to allow people to default to 'data=writeback' and get the resulting latency improvements. This is a non-issue if a filesystem has been explicitly set to some ordering (with 'tune2fs'). Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- fs/ext3/Kconfig | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) (limited to 'fs/ext3/Kconfig') diff --git a/fs/ext3/Kconfig b/fs/ext3/Kconfig index 8e0cfe44b0f..fb3c1a21b13 100644 --- a/fs/ext3/Kconfig +++ b/fs/ext3/Kconfig @@ -28,6 +28,25 @@ config EXT3_FS To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the module will be called ext3. +config EXT3_DEFAULTS_TO_ORDERED + bool "Default to 'data=ordered' in ext3 (legacy option)" + 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. + config EXT3_FS_XATTR bool "Ext3 extended attributes" depends on EXT3_FS -- cgit v1.2.3