Possible bug with fs clean mask [was Re: [patch-2.3.99-pre7-6] O_SYNC Reactivation]

From: Pavel Machek (pavel@suse.cz)
Date: Mon May 08 2000 - 16:15:19 EST


Hi!

> I had a weird problem with 2.3.99-pre6:
> If the kernel crashes a few seconds after mounting the root filesystem
> read-write, then it won't fsck on reboot. It seems that the "volume
> dirty" flag is not written immediately.
> That feature saves a lot of time during debugging, but I have some
> doubts that this is really a feature...

This is not new with 2.3.99, I've seen it before. And now, I'm not
sure it is a feature, either!
                                                                Pavel

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