On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:26:03PM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote: > large_file (> 2G) support has been around since at least kernel 2.4; > mkfs of any sufficiently large filesystem sets it "accidentally" > when the resize inode exceeds 2G. This leaves very small > filesystems lacking the feature, which potentially changes > their behavior & codepaths the first time a > 2G file gets > written. > > There's really no reason to be making fresh filesystems which > strive to keep compatibility with 10 year old kernels; just > enable large_file at mkfs time. This is particularly obvious > for ext4 fielsystems, which set huge_file by default, but not > necessarily large_file. > > If old-kernel compatibility is desired, mke2fs.conf can be > modified locally to remove the feature. > > Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx> Applied, thanks. - Ted -- 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
