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Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 23:04:07 -0600 From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@...il.com> To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> Cc: Sage Weil <sage@...dream.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> Subject: Re: [PATCH] vfs: introduce FS_IOC_SYNCFS to sync a single super Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Since > ancient times, that has been done with the "rename trick": [...] > Great. Problem is, filesystems with delayed allocation like XFS, > ubifs, ext4, hfs+ don't cope so well with that[1]. [...] > [1] Yes, even after v2.6.30-rc1~416^2~15 (ext4: Automatically allocate > delay allocated blocks on rename, 2009-02-23). > See https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18632 Sorry, wrong link. The example meant was https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15910 "zero-length files and performance degradation", reported against 2.6.32: | To reproduce it: | * install a fresh Ubuntu Lucid system on an ext4 filesystem, or Debian with | dpkg < 1.15.6 or Ubuntu Karmic | * install a package, wait a few seconds and simulate a crash | $ sudo apt-get install some-package; sleep 5; sudo echo b > /proc/sysrq-trigger | * reboot | $ ls -l /var/lib/dpkg/info/some-package.* will list empty maintainer's scripts. | $ ls -l /var/cache/apt/archive/some-package.* will show the empty archive | you've just downloaded | At this stage, the package manager is unusable and the common user cannot | update anything anymore. | | This behavior is observed with data=ordered and with or without the mount | option auto_da_alloc. Sorry for the confusion. Jonathan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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