On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 10:26:29AM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote: > I agree, it seems like at least a decent first step to make it > more site/admin-configurable. If the filesystem developers (that's us on this mailing list) decide that 5% is a good tradeoff between "wasted space" and "performance when the FS fills up", I think we should leave it as it is. If users really want to fill up their fs to the rim, they can do so "as root". Or they can tune the fs. If you make it configurable, it becomes too easy to create a badly performing filesystem. People who don't understand the reasons behind the "reserved for root" percentage will then be tempted to change the default for their system to zero, and later complain about the bad performance they are getting. Roger. -- ** R.E.Wolff@xxxxxxxxxxxx ** http://www.BitWizard.nl/ ** +31-15-2600998 ** ** Delftechpark 26 2628 XH Delft, The Netherlands. KVK: 27239233 ** *-- BitWizard writes Linux device drivers for any device you may have! --* Q: It doesn't work. A: Look buddy, doesn't work is an ambiguous statement. Does it sit on the couch all day? Is it unemployed? Please be specific! Define 'it' and what it isn't doing. --------- Adapted from lxrbot FAQ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
