linux-ext4 - Re: What happened to data=guarded?

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Date:	Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:09:35 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>,
	Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com>, jack@...e.cz,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: What happened to data=guarded?

On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 02:57:03PM -0400, Theodore Tso wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 05:29:14PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > > Good to hear. I've so far stayed with data=ordered as I think I'd prefer 
> > > data=guarded over data=writeback. I'll certainly give it a try when it's 
> > > available.
> > 
> > Same here. data=writeback already cost me a few files after crashes here :/
> 
> What sort of files were you losing?  I don't know if we can improve
> the implied flush hueristics, but we should at least try to see if we
> do something about it.

Common case is something patched or git checkout shortly (but not
as short as in seconds) before the crash.

-Andi

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