Re: [PATCH] Journal support for ext2

[Robert Millan]

On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 02:15:58PM +0800, Bean wrote:
> On Feb 18, 2008 2:03 PM, Robert Millan <address@hidden> wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 03:07:54AM +0800, Bean wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > This patch extends fshelp for general journal handling, it also
> > > implement journaling for ext2 file system.
> >
> > In which situations is this needed, reading writing or both?
> 
> it's only used for reading. when ext2 is mounted, the journal file is
> checked, if it contains unflushed transaction, it's used to read data.
> This make sure that the file system can be accessed even after a
> crash.

Ah yes, now I remember about this problem.  Nice work ;-)

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