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From: Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu>
Subject: Re: Fix(es) for ext2 fsync bug
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:15:59 -0500
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On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 10:39:02AM -0600, Dave Kleikamp wrote:
> > It was my understanding from the persentation of Dawson that ext3 and jfs  
> > have ame problem.
> 
> Hmm.  If jfs has the problem, it is a bug.  jfs is designed to handle
> this correctly.  I'm pretty sure I've fixed at least one bug that
> eXplode has uncovered in the past.  I'm not sure what was mentioned in
> the presentation though.  I'd like any information about current
> problems in jfs.

That was not my understanding of the charts that were presented
earlier this week.  Ext3 journaling code will deal with this case
explicitly, just as jfs does.  

						- Ted