Re: [RFC][PATCH 00/25] Network fs helper library & fscache kiocb API

J. Bruce Fields
2021-01-22T17:21:39Z

On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 08:08:24PM +0000, David Howells wrote:
> J. Bruce Fields <bfields@fieldses.org> wrote:
> > So, I'm still confused: there must be some case where we know fscache
> > actually works reliably and doesn't corrupt your data, right?
>
> Using ext2/3, for example. I don't know under what circumstances xfs, ext4
> and btrfs might insert/remove blocks of zeros, but I'm told it can happen.

Do ext2/3 work well for fscache in other ways?

--b.