On Fri, Jun 09, 2000 at 12:44:19PM +0100, Stephen C. Tweedie wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, Jun 09, 2000 at 12:45:51PM +0200, Xuan Baldauf wrote:
> >
> > Is it reasonable to use the 50 bytes of /dev/nvram for logging or is it just
> > too small?
>
> Far, far, far, far, far too small. You need tens of kB minimum to record
> a single filesystem transaction for a complex operation such as a file
> delete.
Interesting. Or even surprising. I suppose I could just go read the code,
but for instant gratification of my curiousity, I will ask here first.
What exactly is being logged for a file deletion that takes so much space?
Is this for the general case, or only for files with a lot of indirect
blocks?
Thanks
-dg
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