linux-kernel - Re: Tux3 Report: How fast can we fail?

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Message-ID: <20150526100326.GA8854@amd>
Date:	Tue, 26 May 2015 12:03:26 +0200
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Daniel Phillips <daniel@...nq.net>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	tux3@...3.org, OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>
Subject: Re: Tux3 Report: How fast can we fail?


> We identified the following quality metrics for this algorithm:
> 
>  1) Never fails to detect out of space in the front end.
>  2) Always fills a volume to 100% before reporting out of space.
>  3) Allows rm, rmdir and truncate even when a volume is full.

Hmm. Can you also overwrite existing data in files when a volume is
full? I guess applications expect that to work..
									Pavel
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