Re: XFS: how to NOT null files on fsck?

Chris Wedgwood
2004-07-10T20:03:44Z

On Sat, Jul 10, 2004 at 04:46:27PM -0300, Norberto Bensa wrote:

> Wow. You're telling me that XFS doesn't know if a given piece of the
> log is from file-a or file-b and just in case it zeroes its
> contents?

No.

The log-replay can't tell where that block came from --- it might have
been newly allocated and therfore need zeroing.

> If that's true, XFS has moved to my never-ever-use-it-again list.

There are many alternatives.

--cw