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    SubjectRe: New filesystem for Linux
    > On Thu, 2 November 2006 22:52:47 +0100, Mikulas Patocka wrote:
    >>
    >> new method to keep data consistent in case of crashes (instead of
    >> journaling),
    >
    > Your 32-bit transaction counter will overflow in the real world. It
    > will take a setup with millions of transactions per second and even
    > then not trigger for a few years, but when it hits your filesystem,
    > the administrator of such a beast won't be happy at all. :)
    >
    > Jörn

    If it overflows, it increases crash count instead. So really you have 2^47
    transactions or 65536 crashes and 2^31 transactions between each crash.

    Mikulas
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