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    SubjectRe: [patch] ext2/3: document conditions when reliable operation is possible
    Hi!

    > > +Linux block-backed filesystems can only work correctly when several
    > > +conditions are met in the block layer and below (disks, flash
    > > +cards). Some of them are obvious ("data on media should not change
    > > +randomly"), some are less so.
    >
    > You should make clear that the file lists per-file-system rules and
    > that some file sytems can recover from some of the error conditions.

    Ok, I added "Not all filesystems require all of these
    to be satisfied for safe operation" sentence there.
    Pavel
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