Re: [PATCH] tmpfs: fix mount mpol nodelist parsing

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Hugh Dickins <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> But perhaps I should expand the mention of CONFIG_NUMA in tmpfs.txt,
>  to explain the issue, and suggest that "mpol=" be used in remounts
>  rather than automatic mounts on systems where it might be a problem.
>  I'll dream up some wording later.

Yes, a remount is the way this feature should be used.

>  > [ Vaguely suprised that tmpfs isn't using match_token()... ]
> 
>  I did briefly consider that back in the days when I noticed a host of
>  fs filesystems got converted.  But didn't see any point in messing
>  with what was already working.  Haven't looked recently: would it
>  actually be a useful change to make?

I guess it'd be nice to do for uniformity's sake, but it's hardly pressing.
I have a vague memory that the ext3 conversion actually increased .text
size, which was a bit irritating.

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