Messages in this thread | | | From | Norberto Bensa <> | Subject | Re: XFS: how to NOT null files on fsck? | Date | Sat, 10 Jul 2004 16:46:27 -0300 |
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Andreas Schwab wrote: > Norberto Bensa <norberto+linux-kernel@bensa.ath.cx> writes: > > Chris Wedgwood wrote: > >> XFS does not journal data. > > > > I think we all know that. The point, why the hell does it null files? > > Security. You don't want old contents of /etc/shadow appear in random > files after a crash.
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?
If that's true, XFS has moved to my never-ever-use-it-again list.
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