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    SubjectRe: XFS: how to NOT null files on fsck?
    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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