[RFC][PATCH 00/25] Network fs helper library & fscache kiocb API

David Howells dhowells at redhat.com
Fri Jan 22 11:06:46 EST 2021


J. Bruce Fields <bfields at fieldses.org> wrote:

> > J. Bruce Fields <bfields at fieldses.org> wrote:
> > > So, I'm still confused: there must be some case where we know fscache
> > > actually works reliably and doesn't corrupt your data, right?
> > 
> > Using ext2/3, for example.  I don't know under what circumstances xfs, ext4
> > and btrfs might insert/remove blocks of zeros, but I'm told it can happen.
> 
> Do ext2/3 work well for fscache in other ways?

Ext3 shouldn't be a problem.  That's what I used when developing it.  I'm not
sure if ext2 supports xattrs, though.

David




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