From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from luka.romanrm.net ([213.163.64.74]:36350 "EHLO luka.romanrm.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752422AbaBYSBI (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Feb 2014 13:01:08 -0500 Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 00:01:05 +0600 From: Roman Mamedov To: Chris Murphy Cc: Btrfs BTRFS Subject: Re: VM nocow, should VM software set +C by default? Message-ID: <20140226000105.44b842e2@natsu> In-Reply-To: <4C05BCCD-ED77-4D8D-B9C7-47CB6D1B4ACC@colorremedies.com> References: <530C5F65.6020607@internetionals.nl> <4C05BCCD-ED77-4D8D-B9C7-47CB6D1B4ACC@colorremedies.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/Pf=ycr+AyHwKXxyQOb+0Obw"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Sender: linux-btrfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --Sig_/Pf=ycr+AyHwKXxyQOb+0Obw Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 25 Feb 2014 10:44:36 -0700 Chris Murphy wrote: > the VM managing application needs to set +C on image files It's a slippery slope, why not instigate that every program from now on has to set +C on its user files? Or where do we stop, probably the browser shou= ld also set +C on its user profile and cache files? How about the mail client = for the mail index? The torrent program on all temporary downloads?.. MySQL and Postgres on all their databases?... Insisting that every program now has to include a workaround for a filesystem-specific gimmick does not seem to be a nice design decision long-term. --=20 With respect, Roman --Sig_/Pf=ycr+AyHwKXxyQOb+0Obw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlMM2mEACgkQTLKSvz+PZwhLXACffQP1vLeh94WxKgtVMcB1U9EM G+4An2keIptxZ7ulXowrcKF/W97f/LU0 =bekQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/Pf=ycr+AyHwKXxyQOb+0Obw--