From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@sandeen.net>
To: xfs@oss.sgi.com, Russell Cattelan <cattelan@thebarn.com>
Subject: Re: State of ext4 auto_da_alloc-like workarounds in XFS
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2015 13:47:47 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <56785763.40905@sandeen.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20151221193724.GD482@hape.internal>
On 12/21/15 1:37 PM, Vallo Kallaste wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 12:48:31PM -0600, Eric Sandeen <sandeen@sandeen.net> wrote:
>
> [...]
>>> I'd like to know the current state of ext4 auto_da_alloc-like workarounds in XFS,
>>> particularly for RHEL7. Considering the two cases in
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext4#Delayed_allocation_and_potential_data_loss
>>> is XFS behaving the same as ext4, both mounted with default options?
>>
>> The sync-on-close-after-file-got-truncated case has been handled since 2007; see
>>
>> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/dgc/linux-xfs.git/commit/?id=ba87ea699ebd9dd577bf055ebc4a98200e337542
>>
>> The sync-after-rename behavior was suggested and rejected for xfs, see
>>
>> http://marc.info/?t=139845506300002&r=1&w=2
>>
>> If you'd like to add this information to the XFS wiki, please do so!
>
> Thanks, this is an exemplary answer, not to mention lightning fast as well!
>
> I would consider if Wiki had at http://xfs.org/index.php/Special:RequestAccount page:
> * Privacy policy http://xfs.org/index.php/XFS.org:Privacy_policy
> * Terms of Service http://xfs.org/index.php?title=XFS.org:Terms_of_Service&action=edit&redlink=1
>
> The latter being something I must read and agree on before I can request a user
> account.
Hohum...
Russell, can you either remove the requirement for reading a nonexistent page, or
add that page?
Thanks,
-Eric
> BR,
>
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-12-21 18:37 State of ext4 auto_da_alloc-like workarounds in XFS Vallo Kallaste
2015-12-21 18:48 ` Eric Sandeen
2015-12-21 19:37 ` Vallo Kallaste
2015-12-21 19:47 ` Eric Sandeen [this message]
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