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Re: making bootup fsck more user-friendly



On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 10:32:55AM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jun 2008, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
 
> Watch out that data=journal.  It is far more kernel-bug prone than
> data=ordered, for the simple fact that almost everyone uses data=ordered,
> including those who mess with the ext3 code, so bugs can hide in the
> data=journal code paths a lot more easily.
> 

If data=journal is subject to kernel bugs then you are saying that Linux
doensn't have any filesystem suitable for non-UPS-protected systems.  If
the devs don't properly audit the data=journal code then they shouldn't
provide it as an option in a production kernel.

Doug.


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