linux-ext4 - Re: [RFC] jbd2: reduce the number of writes when commiting a transacation

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Date:	Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:34:34 -0700
From:	djwong <djwong@...ibm.com>
To:	"Ted Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@...mcloud.com>,
	Zheng Liu <gnehzuil.liu@...il.com>,
	Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>,
	"linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org" <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] jbd2: reduce the number of writes when commiting a
 transacation

On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 03:41:08PM -0400, Ted Ts'o wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 10:19:48PM +0000, djwong wrote:
> > 
> > My huge checksum patchset _does_ include checksums for data blocks; see the
> > t_checksum field in struct journal_block_tag_s.  iirc the corresponding journal
> > replay modifications will skip over corrupt data blocks and keep going.
> 
> I need to check for this in the patches (and you may be doing this
> already), but in the kernel failed checksums should result in an
> ext4_error() call which will set the file system as corrupt and
> needing to be checked.  And in e2fsck it should force a full check of
> the file system.

I'm fairly sure the kernel patch doesn't do that, I think it just skips the
block and moves on.

As for e2fsck... what does one do inside e2fsck to force a full check?  Is that
just the equivalent of passing -f?

--D
> 
> 					- Ted
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