Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 27 Jul 2001 09:35:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 27 Jul 2001 09:35:46 -0400 Received: from d122251.upc-d.chello.nl ([213.46.122.251]:62731 "EHLO arnhem.blackstar.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 27 Jul 2001 09:35:36 -0400 From: bvermeul@devel.blackstar.nl Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 15:38:24 +0200 (CEST) To: Alan Cox cc: Hans Reiser , Erik Mouw , Steve Kieu , Sam Thompson , kernel Subject: Re: ReiserFS / 2.4.6 / Data Corruption In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-kernel-outgoing On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Alan Cox wrote: > > > and when that hangs the kernel it will also screw up all files touched > > > just before it in a edit-make-install-try cycle. Which can be rather > > > annoying, because you can start all over again (this effect randomly > > > distributes the last touched sectors to the last touched files. Very nice > > > effect, but not something I expect from a journalled filesystem). > > > > > Do you think it is reasonable to ask that a filesystem be designed to > > work well with bad drivers? > > Its certainly a good idea. But it sounds to me like he is describing the > normal effect of metadata only logging. > > Putting a sync just before the insmod when developing new drivers is a good > idea btw I've been doing that most of the time. But I sometimes forget that. But as I said, it's not something I expected from a journalled filesystem. Regards, Bas Vermeulen -- "God, root, what is difference?" -- Pitr, User Friendly "God is more forgiving." -- Dave Aronson - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/