Hi,
On Fri, Mar 31, 2000 at 08:19:44AM -0800, Chris Mason wrote:
>
> I don't promise the new block will have good data, so you would still need
> to use the rename work around mentioned before. I plan to add a secure
> file append mount option, and we are open to suggestions about making this
> the default.
>
> How does ext3 make this guarantee?
The same way you suggested earlier: by forcing the data blocks to be
flushed for newly allocated disk blocks before a transaction can
commit. It would certainly be possible to make this a mount option,
yes.
--Stephen
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