Messages in this thread | | | From | David Howells <> | Subject | Re: [RFC][PATCH 00/25] Network fs helper library & fscache kiocb API | Date | Fri, 22 Jan 2021 16:06:46 +0000 |
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J. Bruce Fields <bfields@fieldses.org> wrote:
> > J. Bruce Fields <bfields@fieldses.org> wrote: > > > So, I'm still confused: there must be some case where we know fscache > > > actually works reliably and doesn't corrupt your data, right? > > > > Using ext2/3, for example. I don't know under what circumstances xfs, ext4 > > and btrfs might insert/remove blocks of zeros, but I'm told it can happen. > > Do ext2/3 work well for fscache in other ways?
Ext3 shouldn't be a problem. That's what I used when developing it. I'm not sure if ext2 supports xattrs, though.
David
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