From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ipmail03.adl6.internode.on.net ([150.101.137.143]:47446 "EHLO ipmail03.adl6.internode.on.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725889AbfDAVqg (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Apr 2019 17:46:36 -0400 Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2019 08:46:32 +1100 From: Dave Chinner Subject: Re: [PATCH] bootfs: simple bootloader filesystem Message-ID: <20190401214632.GS26298@dastard> References: <20190401070001.GJ1173@magnolia> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190401070001.GJ1173@magnolia> Sender: linux-xfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: List-Id: xfs To: "Darrick J. Wong" Cc: linux-fsdevel , linux-ext4 , xfs On Mon, Apr 01, 2019 at 12:00:01AM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote: > From: Darrick J. Wong > > Does your computer use a bootloader which arrogantly declares that it can > read boot files off a filesystem but isn't sophisticated enough even to > recognize when that filesystem needs journal recovery? > > Does your system software deployment program foolishly omit system calls > to flush newly unwrapped packages to disk? Do you sometimes wonder if > they've forgotten that old maxim, "wait for the disk drive light to turn > off /before/ you power down"? > > Are your computer operators aggressively derpy? Do they have a habit of > leaving disk cables on the floor so they can trip over them twenty times > a day? Does this leave you with sad files full of zeroes? > > If so, bootfs is for you! This new filesystem type uses journalling to > ensure metadata integrity, but forces all writes and directory tree > updates to be synchronous, fsyncs files on close, and checkpoints its > journal whenever a synchronization event happens. Some allege this is > very slow, but I've been able to max out the iops on both of my double > height floppy drives! In a power-cycling stress test, I found that the > switch broke off in my hand before I lost any data. This concept may > sound terrible, but like any good crutch, it _is_ made of wood! > > Singed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong ^^^^^^^^^^ Ooooo - such a hot topic! Finally bootfs is more than just we-really-should-do-this conference talk! Looks good to me - with this we can finally move on from LILO.... Acked-by: Dave Chinner FWIW, Should this have a cc: stable@kernel.org tag on it so it gets out into distro-world ASAP? Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Chinner david@fromorbit.com