Re: [PATCH 32/32] ext4: add nombcache mount option

From: Theodore Ts'o
Date: Thu Jun 22 2017 - 12:00:50 EST


On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 06:49:39PM -0700, Tahsin Erdogan wrote:
> The main purpose of mb cache is to achieve deduplication in
> extended attributes. In use cases where opportunity for deduplication
> is unlikely, it only adds overhead.
>
> Add a mount option to explicitly turn off mb cache.
>
> Suggested-by: Andreas Dilger <adilger@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thanks.

- Ted