[Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH 15/15] ocfs2: Add incompatible flag for extended attribute v2

[Mark Fasheh]

On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 04:22:28PM -0700, Joel Becker wrote:
> 	Actually, why does ro recover orphans?  That strikes me as
> beyond the bounds of RO.  Replaying the journal is different, because it
> is required for functional consistency.  A RO mount doesn't need to
> allocate, so it wouldn't worry about unrecovered orphans.

Maybe it doesn't? I'm just going by memory. Unfortunately, I don't think we
scan the orphan dir unless the dirty flag on the journal is set, so if they
don't get recovered then...


> 	Of course, we already have versions in the wild that recover
> orphans in RO mode, so perhaps the question is moot.

True, that.
	--Mark

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Mark Fasheh