Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 10 Jul 2004 13:03:35 -0700 | From | Chris Wedgwood <> | Subject | Re: XFS: how to NOT null files on fsck? |
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On Sat, Jul 10, 2004 at 04:46:27PM -0300, Norberto Bensa wrote:
> Wow. You're telling me that XFS doesn't know if a given piece of the > log is from file-a or file-b and just in case it zeroes its > contents?
No.
The log-replay can't tell where that block came from --- it might have been newly allocated and therfore need zeroing.
> If that's true, XFS has moved to my never-ever-use-it-again list.
There are many alternatives.
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