| Alexey Dobriyan | 6da0b38 | 2008-10-20 22:28:45 +0400 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | config EXT3_FS | 
|  | 2 | tristate "Ext3 journalling file system support" | 
|  | 3 | select JBD | 
|  | 4 | help | 
|  | 5 | This is the journalling version of the Second extended file system | 
|  | 6 | (often called ext3), the de facto standard Linux file system | 
|  | 7 | (method to organize files on a storage device) for hard disks. | 
|  | 8 |  | 
|  | 9 | The journalling code included in this driver means you do not have | 
|  | 10 | to run e2fsck (file system checker) on your file systems after a | 
|  | 11 | crash.  The journal keeps track of any changes that were being made | 
|  | 12 | at the time the system crashed, and can ensure that your file system | 
|  | 13 | is consistent without the need for a lengthy check. | 
|  | 14 |  | 
|  | 15 | Other than adding the journal to the file system, the on-disk format | 
|  | 16 | of ext3 is identical to ext2.  It is possible to freely switch | 
|  | 17 | between using the ext3 driver and the ext2 driver, as long as the | 
|  | 18 | file system has been cleanly unmounted, or e2fsck is run on the file | 
|  | 19 | system. | 
|  | 20 |  | 
|  | 21 | To add a journal on an existing ext2 file system or change the | 
|  | 22 | behavior of ext3 file systems, you can use the tune2fs utility ("man | 
|  | 23 | tune2fs").  To modify attributes of files and directories on ext3 | 
|  | 24 | file systems, use chattr ("man chattr").  You need to be using | 
|  | 25 | e2fsprogs version 1.20 or later in order to create ext3 journals | 
|  | 26 | (available at <http://sourceforge.net/projects/e2fsprogs/>). | 
|  | 27 |  | 
|  | 28 | To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the | 
|  | 29 | module will be called ext3. | 
|  | 30 |  | 
| Linus Torvalds | bbae8bc | 2009-04-06 17:16:47 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 31 | config EXT3_DEFAULTS_TO_ORDERED | 
| Theodore Ts'o | 6d41807 | 2009-08-10 16:03:43 -0400 | [diff] [blame^] | 32 | bool "Default to 'data=ordered' in ext3" | 
| Linus Torvalds | bbae8bc | 2009-04-06 17:16:47 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 33 | depends on EXT3_FS | 
|  | 34 | help | 
| Theodore Ts'o | 6d41807 | 2009-08-10 16:03:43 -0400 | [diff] [blame^] | 35 | The journal mode options for ext3 have different tradeoffs | 
|  | 36 | between when data is guaranteed to be on disk and | 
|  | 37 | performance.	The use of "data=writeback" can cause | 
|  | 38 | unwritten data to appear in files after an system crash or | 
|  | 39 | power failure, which can be a security issue.	 However, | 
|  | 40 | "data=ordered" mode can also result in major performance | 
|  | 41 | problems, including seconds-long delays before an fsync() | 
|  | 42 | call returns.	 For details, see: | 
| Linus Torvalds | bbae8bc | 2009-04-06 17:16:47 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 43 |  | 
| Theodore Ts'o | 6d41807 | 2009-08-10 16:03:43 -0400 | [diff] [blame^] | 44 | http://ext4.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Ext3_data_mode_tradeoffs | 
| Linus Torvalds | bbae8bc | 2009-04-06 17:16:47 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 45 |  | 
| Theodore Ts'o | 6d41807 | 2009-08-10 16:03:43 -0400 | [diff] [blame^] | 46 | If you have been historically happy with ext3's performance, | 
|  | 47 | data=ordered mode will be a safe choice and you should | 
|  | 48 | answer 'y' here.  If you understand the reliability and data | 
|  | 49 | privacy issues of data=writeback and are willing to make | 
|  | 50 | that trade off, answer 'n'. | 
| Linus Torvalds | bbae8bc | 2009-04-06 17:16:47 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 51 |  | 
| Alexey Dobriyan | 6da0b38 | 2008-10-20 22:28:45 +0400 | [diff] [blame] | 52 | config EXT3_FS_XATTR | 
|  | 53 | bool "Ext3 extended attributes" | 
|  | 54 | depends on EXT3_FS | 
|  | 55 | default y | 
|  | 56 | help | 
|  | 57 | Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by | 
|  | 58 | the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit | 
|  | 59 | <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details). | 
|  | 60 |  | 
|  | 61 | If unsure, say N. | 
|  | 62 |  | 
|  | 63 | You need this for POSIX ACL support on ext3. | 
|  | 64 |  | 
|  | 65 | config EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL | 
|  | 66 | bool "Ext3 POSIX Access Control Lists" | 
|  | 67 | depends on EXT3_FS_XATTR | 
|  | 68 | select FS_POSIX_ACL | 
|  | 69 | help | 
|  | 70 | Posix Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and | 
|  | 71 | groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme. | 
|  | 72 |  | 
|  | 73 | To learn more about Access Control Lists, visit the Posix ACLs for | 
|  | 74 | Linux website <http://acl.bestbits.at/>. | 
|  | 75 |  | 
|  | 76 | If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N | 
|  | 77 |  | 
|  | 78 | config EXT3_FS_SECURITY | 
|  | 79 | bool "Ext3 Security Labels" | 
|  | 80 | depends on EXT3_FS_XATTR | 
|  | 81 | help | 
|  | 82 | Security labels support alternative access control models | 
|  | 83 | implemented by security modules like SELinux.  This option | 
|  | 84 | enables an extended attribute handler for file security | 
|  | 85 | labels in the ext3 filesystem. | 
|  | 86 |  | 
|  | 87 | If you are not using a security module that requires using | 
|  | 88 | extended attributes for file security labels, say N. |