linux-ext4 - Re: Zero length files - an alternative approach?

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Date:	Sun, 29 Mar 2009 14:02:50 +0200
From:	"Andreas T.Auer" <andreas.t.auer_lkml_73537@...us.ath.cx>
To:	Måns Rullgård <mans@...sr.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Zero length files - an alternative approach?



On 29.03.2009 13:22 Måns Rullgård wrote:
> Consider this scenario:
>
> 1. Create/write/close newfile
> 2. Rename newfile to oldfile
> 3. Open/read oldfile.  This must return the new contents.
> 4. System crash and reboot before delayed allocation/flush complete
> 5. Open/read oldfile.  Old contents now returned.
>
> This rollback isn't obviously, to me at least, without problems of its
> own.
>
>   
Having the old data in 5) is far better than having no data in 5).
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