[patch 0/4] [RFC] Another proportional weight IO controller

[Dave Chinner]

On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 06:11:27PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-11-06 at 11:57 -0500, Rik van Riel wrote:
> > Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > 
> > > The only real issue I can see is with linear volumes, but those are
> > > stupid anyway - non of the gains but all the risks.
> > 
> > Linear volumes may well be the most common ones.
> > 
> > People start out with the filesystems at a certain size,
> > increasing onto a second (new) disk later, when more space
> > is required.
> 
> Are they aware of how risky linear volumes are? I would discourage
> anyone from using them.

In what way are they risky?

Cheers,

Dave.
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Dave Chinner
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