From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 11:09:52 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 11:09:42 -0500 Received: from mail.rd.ilan.net ([216.27.80.130]:1796 "EHLO mail.rd.ilan.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 11:09:31 -0500 Message-ID: <3A53476A.9739B3AE@holly-springs.nc.us> Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 10:38:18 -0500 From: Michael Rothwell X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.18 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: "Dr. David Gilbert" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Journaling: Surviving or allowing unclean shutdown? In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input)@pop.zip.com.au Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Dr. David Gilbert wrote: > > > I got wondering as to whether the various journaling file > > system activities were designed to survive the occasional > > unclean shutdown or were designed to allow the user to just pull > > the plug as a regular means of shutting down. > > > Thoughts? Journaling filesystems only guarantee consistancy of filesystem metadata. Data that has not been flushed from buffers will be lost, and applications not given a chance to shut themselves down may do bad things if you just unplug the box. Journaling mostly means not having to run FSCK. -M - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/