linux-kernel - Re: The ext3 way of journalling

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Message-ID: <20080114071555.GA6475@jolt.modeemi.cs.tut.fi>
Date:	Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:15:55 +0200
From:	Tuomo Valkonen <tuomov@....fi>
To:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: The ext3 way of journalling

On 2008-01-13 18:11 -0500, Theodore Tso wrote:
> It's much more likely that this early in your boot cycle, your clock is
> sometimes incorrect.

I doubt it. I get this nearly _always_ when the system crashes, which
accounts for the vast majority of the times I boot it. (I wish swsusp
didn't suck so much..)

> Is the "9192" number roughly constant, or is it always changing?

No. That's the number I got last time, but typically I've got 
something in the 3xxxx range. 

> If your machine is on the network, then the "ntpdate"
> program could be setting your time so that it looks correct, but
> that's after e2fsck is run.  

ntpdate isn't run by any of the init scripts. ntpd is, but like I 
already mentioned, I doubt it would correct vastly incorrect time,
not even being able to track and correct when it advances fast.

-- 
Tuomo
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