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

David Howells
2021-01-22T16:10:03Z

J. Bruce Fields <bfields@fieldses.org> 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?

Ext3 shouldn't be a problem. That's what I used when developing it. I'm not
sure if ext2 supports xattrs, though.

David