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Message-ID: <4A12C3A4.90202@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 19 May 2009 09:35:16 -0500
From:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
To:	Andrew Clayton <andrew@...ital-domain.net>
CC:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt

Andrew Clayton wrote:
> Update the ext3 document with the fact that data=writeback is now the
> default journaling mode.
> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Clayton <andrew@...ital-domain.net>
> 
> --- linux-2.6/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt.orig	2009-05-18 20:48:27.084220753 +0100
> +++ linux-2.6/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt	2009-05-18 20:49:01.023225288 +0100
> @@ -39,11 +39,11 @@
>  data=journal		All data are committed into the journal prior to being
>  			written into the main file system.
>  
> -data=ordered	(*)	All data are forced directly out to the main file
> +data=ordered		All data are forced directly out to the main file
>  			system prior to its metadata being committed to the
>  			journal.
>  
> -data=writeback		Data ordering is not preserved, data may be written
> +data=writeback	(*)	Data ordering is not preserved, data may be written
>  			into the main file system after its metadata has been
>  			committed to the journal.

If we're updating this documentation, while we're at it we should add
that the default is actually controlled by a new kernel config option,
and also something along the lines of "this mode will produce file
corruption on a power loss or unclean shutdown, and may lead to
unintentional information disclosure."

-Eric
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