Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: XFS: how to NOT null files on fsck? | Date | Wed, 14 Jul 2004 20:53:15 +0200 (CEST) | From | "Anton Ertl" <> |
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Helge Hafting wrote: > There is another solution - zero blocks when freeing them. (Or > put them on a list for later zeroing when the fs isn't busy, > in order to kee=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BDp good performance) > > With this approach you don't need to zero a half-written > block after a crash, which means you destroy less data.
I don't think half-written blocks are the problem (at least not a frequent one). More typical is written meta-data without written data. In that case your solution will give the same result as the current solution, just at higher cost.
- anton
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