Re: [patch] ext2/3: document conditions when reliable operation ispossible

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Mon Aug 24 2009 - 14:39:15 EST


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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